Background
Rodriguez-Iturbe, José Benjamin was born on September 24, 1940 in Caracas, Venezuela.
Rodriguez-Iturbe, José Benjamin was born on September 24, 1940 in Caracas, Venezuela.
Law degree, University Central Venezuela, Caracas, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy in Law, University Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy in Canonic Law, University Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, 1966.
MP, Foreign Affairs Committee, Caracas, since 1970; chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee, Caracas, 1974-1979, 90-92; president, Chamber of Deps., Caracas, 1987-1990; chairman, National Advisory Committee Foreign Affairs, Caracas, 1979-1984; president, Chamber of Deps., Caracas, 1987-1990; chairman, Defense Committee, Caracas, since 1992.
Member national committee COPEI, since 1989, secretary international relations committee, since 1984.
Son of Bernardo Rodriguez d'Empaire and Olimpia Iturbe (Clemente) Rodriguez.