José Rafael Revenga y Hernández (24 November 1786 – 9 March 1852[1]) was a minister of foreign affairs of Gran Colombia (1819–1821).

He was the 2nd Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Colombia starting 17 September 1825, appointed by Francisco de Paula Santander y Omaña.

[2] José Rafael Revenga support the Venezuela independence cause from the outset April 1810, entered its ranks in August 1810 as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Despite meeting with President James Madison and the Secretary of State, the mission did not reach anything concrete after the fall of the First Republic in July 1812.

[1] Complained to the British government at the direction of Simón Bolívar about the presence of British settlers in Essequibo territory claimed by Venezuela: "The colonists of Demerara and Berbice have usurped a large portion of land, which according to recent treaties between Spain and Holland, belongs to our country at the west of Essequibo River.