Luis Herrera Campins : biography
Herrera’s cabinet (1979-1984)
Ministries Gaceta Oficial de Venezuela, period 1979-1984. | ||
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OFFICE | NAME | TERM |
President | Luis Herrera Campins | 1979–1984 |
Home Affairs | Rafael Montes de Oca | 1979–1982 |
| Luciano Valero | 1982–1984 |
Outer Relations | José Alberto Zambrano Velasco | 1979–1984 |
Finance | Luis Ugueto | 1979–1982 |
| Arturo Sosa | 1982–1984 |
Defense | Fernando Paredes Bello | 1979 |
| Luis Rangel Burgoing | 1979–1980 |
| Tomás Abreu Rescaniere | 1980–1981 |
| Bernardo Leal Puchi | 1981–1982 |
| Vicente Narváez Churión | 1982–1983 |
| Humberto Alcalde Álvarez | 1983–1984 |
Development | Manuel Quijada | 1979–1981 |
| José Enrique Porras Omaña | 1981–1984 |
Transport and communications | Vinicio Carrera | 1979–1983 |
| Francisco Lara García | 1983–1984 |
Education | Rafael Fernández Heres | 1979–1982 |
| Felipe Montilla | 1982–1984 |
Justice | José Guillermo Andueza | 1979–1981 |
| J. Reinaldo Chalbaud Zerpa | 1981–1984 |
Mines and Hydrocarbons | Humberto Calderón Berti | 1979–1983 |
| José Ignacio Moreno León | 1983–1984 |
Environment | Vinicio Carrera | 1979–1983 |
| Francisco Lara García | 1983–1984 |
Agriculture | Luciano Valero | 1979–1981 |
| José Luis Zapata Escalona | 1981–1982 |
| Nidia Villegas | 1982–1984 |
Labor | Reinaldo Rodríguez Navarro | 1979–1981 |
| Rangel Quintero Castañeda | 1981–1984 |
Health and Social Assistance | Alfonso Benzecri | 1979–1981 |
| Luis González Herrera | 1981–1984 |
Urban Development | Orlando Orozco | 1979–1982 |
| María Cristina Maldonado | 1982–1984 |
Information and Tourism | José Luis Zapata Escalona | 1979–1981 |
| Enrique Pérez Olivares | 1981–1982 |
| Guido Díaz Peña | 1982–1984 |
Youth | Charles Brewer Carías | 1979–1982 |
| Guillermo Yépez Boscán | 1982–1984 |
Secretary of Presidency | Ramón Guillermo Aveledo | 1979–1984 |
Office of Coordination and Planification | Ricardo Martínez | 1979–1982 |
| Maritza Izaguirre | 1982–1984 |
Later life
By the time Herrera’s term ended, the economy was in meltdown, poverty and hardship were widespread and the voters turned on the ruling Christian Democrat, ejecting the party from office in the elections of December 1983. After the end of his presidency, Herrera remained influential in the Copei party, becoming its president in 1995.
In 2001, Herrera made headlines when gunmen stole his car. Afterward, he could be seen on foot wearing old clothes and carrying his own groceries. He underwent surgery for two years for an abdominal aneurysm that led to a kidney infection and other complications. By the time he died on 9 November 2007 in Caracas, when he was already retired from Venezuelan politics. Luis Herrera is survived by his wife Betty Urdaneta and three sons.
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