Eduardo Fernández (Venezuelan politician)

This is an accepted version of this page Eduardo Fernández (born 18 October 1940[1]) is a Venezuelan politician and lawyer.

Fernández gained a law degree from Andrés Bello Catholic University in 1963, and graduate degrees in economic development and political science at the International Institute of Social Studies in the Netherlands in 1965 and Georgetown University in the United States in 1967, respectively.

Soon after his election he took leave from Congress to serve in the cabinet of Rafael Caldera, as the Deputy Secretary General of the Presidency.

He returned to Congress in 1974, following the election of Carlos Andrés Pérez, and was re-elected for successive terms until 1989.

[1] Fernández was a presidential candidate for COPEI in the 1988 Venezuelan general election, losing to Carlos Andrés Pérez of Democratic Action.