Eduardo Piñate (born 6 September, 1956 in San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan teacher, historian and politician.
[2] Piñate was born in the city of San Fernando de Apure, in western Venezuela.
He graduated in 1984 as a professor of history and social sciences at the former Pedagogical University Institute of Caracas, currently Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador (UPEL).
[3] In 1987, he began a master's degree in political science at the Simón Bolívar University (USB), which he did not complete.
In 2000, he was the founder of the Bolivarian Socialist Force of Workers (FSBT) and national coordinator of the FSBT-Education.