Background
REQUENA, Rafael was born on October 24, 1879 in Carúpano. Son of Feliciano Requena and Epifanía González Mayz.
REQUENA, Rafael was born on October 24, 1879 in Carúpano. Son of Feliciano Requena and Epifanía González Mayz.
Health officer of the Puerto de Cristóbal Colón, 1904. Physician of the Callao Gold Mining Company, 1905-1907. Official (director) of the Ministry of Public Instruction, 1909-1911.
Consul general in Trinidad, 1911-1913.
Interventor in the customs houses of Puerto Cabello (1913-1915) and Maracaibo (1915-1916). Consul general in Santo Domingo.
1916-1917. Director of the National Library, 1917-1918.
Inspector general of the hospitals in the Federal District, 1918-1925. Federal senator for 9 years.
President of the Senate and of Congress, 1921, 1924. Delegate to the International Anti-Alcoholic Congress of Washington, District of Columbia, 1920.
President of the State of Aragua, 1928-1931.
Secretary to the President of the Republic, 1931-1933.
Sociedad de Médicos de Venezuela. Royal Geographic Society, London. Sociedad de Antropología, Madrid.
Academia de la Historia de Venezuela.
Academia de Ciencias Físicas y Naturales. Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales de Caracas.
American Museum of Natural History, New New York Société des Amé- ricanistes de Paris.
Sociedad Bolivariana de Caracas.
Also member of several social clubs. Corresponding Member: Academia de la Historia de Bolivia. Centro de Historia, Santander, Colombia.
Married Camila Frustuck Dalton. Children: Irma, Antonio, and Marietta.