José Antonio Velutini Ron (February 20, 1844 in Chaguaramal de Perales -today Zaraza-, Venezuela – November 8, 1912 in Caracas) was a military man, politician, diplomat, and a Venezuelan statesman.

On his return to Venezuela he began his public career under the protection of the Monagas family.

He was public credit and development minister during the second and third presidencies of Antonio Guzmán Blanco, respectively.

[3] He was the interior minister of Cipriano Castro and commander of government forces in the early stages of the Liberating Revolution.

After the victorious campaign of the Castro government against the rebels, he was Plenipotentiary Minister for Debt Negotiations with various European nations and a Venezuelan ambassador in France and Britain.