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Universidad Simon Bolivar

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    • Caracas, Venezuela, Venezuela
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On May 1967 the government created a commission composed by Luis Manuel Peñalver, Luis Carbonell, Mercedes Fermín, Miguel Angel Pérez and Héctor Isava to study the possibility of creating a new university that would offer studies to directly promote the economical and social development of the country. On July 18th, 1967 the President of Venezuela Raúl Leoni signed a decree which officially founded the University as an Instituto Experimental de Educación Superior focused mainly on scientific and tecnological research. The original name given to the university was Universidad de Caracas; however, the first name of the Central University of Venezuela was also "Universidad de Caracas" and it was still known by that name. Members of The National Academy of History, the Bolivarian Society of Venezuela and other important institutions expressed their wish to relate the name of El Libertador Simón Bolívar to the name of the recently created university, which resulted in the change to the name of Universidad Experimental Simón Bolívar in 1969.

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  • Bello-Castillo, Jhonmar Radames (January 2000 - Present)
  • Bottome, Albert Williams (February 2003 - December 2003)
  • Guevara-Ascanio, Alfredo Jose (March 1971 - February 1990)
  • Hidalgo, Rafael (April 1988 - December 2002)
  • Hidalgo, Rafael (September 1982 - November 1987)
  • Nunes, Marco (October 1989 - October 1993)
  • Raina, Jan Nicolás (September 1981 - Present)
  • Ripepi, Alvaro Miguel (September 1995 - April 2002)
  • Salazar, Antonio Jose (January 2002 - Present)
  • Santos, Jose A (September 1990 - January 1998)
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