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José Rafael Revenga y Hernández
José Rafael Revenga y Hernández
2nd Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Colombia
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 17 September 1825
Appointed by	Francisco de Paula Santander y Omaña
Preceded by	Pedro Gual Escandón
Succeeded by	José Manuel Restrepo Veléz
2nd Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia to the United Kingdom
	In office; 22 January 1823 – 11 November 1824
Appointed by	Pedro Gual Escandón
Preceded by	Francisco Antonio Zea Díaz
Succeeded by	)Manuel José Hurtado y Arboleda
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela
	In office; 8 March 1849 – 23 April 1849
President	José Tadeo Monagas
Preceded by	Ramón Yepes
Succeeded by	Diego Antonio Caballero
Personal details
Born	24 November 1786; El Consejo, Captaincy General of Venezuela, Viceroyalty of the New Granada, Spanish Empire
Died	9 March 1852 (aged 65); Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
Resting place	National Pantheon of Venezuela; 10°30′46″N 66°54′45″W / 10.5129°N 66.9126°W
Spouse	Micaela Ramona de la Soledad de Clemente e Iriarte
Profession	Lawyer

José Rafael Revenga y Hernández (24 November 1786 – 9 March 1852^[1]) was a minister of foreign affairs of Gran Colombia (1819–1821).

He was the 2nd Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Colombia starting 17 September 1825, appointed by Francisco de Paula Santander y Omaña. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela from 8 March 1849 until 23 April 1849 under president José Tadeo Monagas. He was the Minister of Finance in 1849.^[2]

Legacy

José Rafael Revenga support the Venezuela independence cause from the outset April 1810, entered its ranks in August 1810 as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.^[1] In March 1811 he was sent by the first Venezuelan Congress, along with Telésforo de Orea, on a mission to the United States government. Despite meeting with President James Madison and the Secretary of State, the mission did not reach anything concrete after the fall of the First Republic in July 1812. From the United States, Revenga traveled to Cartagena de Indias, where from 1815 he served as secretary of Simon Bolívar. Following the reconquest of New Granada by the royalists, he decided to return to the United States in 1816 where he collaborated with Francisco Javier Mina in his plans to make a liberating expedition to Mexico; but he did not accompany him in this, preferring to return to Venezuela in 1818. The same year he contributed foundation of the weekly Correo del Orinoco in Angostura.

In 1822 as Minister Plenipotentiary of Gran Colombia to Britain, negotiated Great Britain's recognition of Gran Colombia as an independent country.^[1] Complained to the British government at the direction of Simón Bolívar about the presence of British settlers in Essequibo territory claimed by Venezuela: "The colonists of Demerara and Berbice have usurped a large portion of land, which according to recent treaties between Spain and Holland, belongs to our country at the west of Essequibo River. It is absolutely essential that these settlers be put under the jurisdiction and obedience to our laws, or be withdrawn to their former possessions." He is buried in the National Pantheon of Venezuela.^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c (in Spanish) venezuelatuya.com, José Rafael Revenga
^ Hacienda, Venezuela Ministerio de (September 16, 1965). "Revista de hacienda". Ministerio de Hacienda. – via Google Books.
^ Vittorino, Antonio (1990). Relaciones Colombo-Británicas de 1823 a 1825 [United Kingdom-Colombia Relations Between 1823 and 1825] (in Spanish). United Kingdom, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (1st ed.). Barranquilla: University of the North. p. 44. ISBN 9789589105221. LCCN 90209723. OCLC 22662006. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
^ Pérez, Felipe (1883) [1862]. "Parte Segunda: Capítulo IX: Deuda Interior y Exterior" [Second Part: Chapter Ten: National and Foreign Debt]. Geografia General Física y Política de los Estados Unidos de Colombia y Geografia Particular de la Ciudad de Bogotá [General Physical and Political Geography of the United States of Colombia and Specific Geography of the City of Bogotá] (in Spanish). Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Bogotá: Echeverría Hermanos. pp. 223–225. LCCN 01024067. OCLC 15070585. Retrieved 2012-04-13.