Miguel Ángel Burelli Rivas

Miguel Ángel Burelli Rivas
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 1994–1999
President	Rafael Caldera
Preceded by	Fernando Ochoa Antich
Succeeded by	José Vicente Rangel
Ambassador of Venezuela to the United States
In office 1974–1976
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Born	8 July 1922(1922-07-08) La Puerta, Venezuela
Nationality	Venezuelan
Profession	lawyer, diplomat, politician

Miguel Ángel Burelli Rivas (8 July 1922 – 22 October 2003), was a Venezuelan lawyer, diplomat and politician, presidential candidate in 1968, and Minister of Foreign Affairs, between 1994 until 1999.

Burelli Rivas, was born in La Puerta, Venezuela, graduated as lawyer with a post-graduate degree in Political Sciences in University of Florence and post-graduate degree in Law from Madrid, Spain. He was Director of the General Ministry of Interior Affairs.

Served as Director of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Minister of Justice; Ambassador of Venezuela in the United States, Ambassador of Venezuela in Colombia; Ambassador of Venezuela in the United Kingdom (1967–1968); ran for the Presidency of the Republic (1968 election and 1973 election); Ambassador of Venezuela to the United States (1974–76); President of the Commission in charge of organizing the Third United Nations Conference about Maritime Laws (1964); Director of the Latin America High Studies (Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas) and author of various books.

He was a member of the Laws Accessories Committee of the Foreign Affairs Ministry. Foreign Minister of Venezuela (1994–1998). He was forced into exile in Spain in the mid-1950s under Marcos Pérez Jiménez. A few years after retiring from politics, he died peacefully in Washington DC, USA, after suffering from lung cancer.

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Name	Burelli Rivas, Miguel Angel
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Date of birth	8 July 1922
Place of birth	La Puerta, Venezuela
Date of death	22 October 2003
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