José Vicente Rangel
| José Vicente Rangel | |
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| 21st Vice President of Venezuela | |
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In office 2002–2007 |
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| President | Hugo Chavez |
| Preceded by | Diosdado Cabello |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Rodriguez |
| Minister of Defense | |
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In office 2001–2002 |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela | |
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In office 2 February 1999 – 14 February 2001 |
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| President | Hugo Chavez |
| Preceded by | Miguel Ángel Burelli Rivas |
| Succeeded by | Luis Alfonso Dávila |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
José Vicente Rangel Vale 10 July 1929 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Nationality | Venezuelan |
| Political party | Independent |
| Profession | Journalist |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
José Vicente Rangel Vale (born 10 July 1929) is a Venezuelan leftist politician. He ran for President three times in the 1970s and 1980s and later supported Hugo Chávez. He served under Chávez as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2001, as Minister of Defense from 2001 to 2002, and as Vice President of Venezuela from 2002 to 2007.
Born in Caracas, his political activism began with his active opposition of the military coup d'état that overthrew President Rómulo Gallegos in 1948. He was arrested by the military authorities and expelled from Venezuela. He took refuge in Chile, where he met and married the sculptor Ana Ávalos.
He returned to Venezuela following the downfall of the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez in 1958 and ran for, and was elected to, Congress that same year, representing the Democratic Republican Union (Unión Republicana Democrática, URD). In addition to his political activities, he worked as a lawyer and journalist. He also made presidential bids on three occasions: in the 1973 presidential election and 1978 presidential election as candidate of MAS - Movimiento al Socialismo (Movement for Socialism), and in the 1983 presidential election as candidate of MEP - Movimiento Electoral del Pueblo.
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