Pedro Tellechea
Venezuelan military, politician and mechanical engineer
Pedro Rafael Tellechea Ruiz (born 5 November 1975) is a Venezuelan military officer, politician, and mechanical engineer, who has held high government positions as Minister of Popular Power for Petroleum and President of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA). In addition, from 2020 until 2023, he held the presidency of Petroquímica de Venezuela.
He also served as General Manager of the Mixed Company Metanol de Oriente, Metor S.A.; and President of the Venezuelan Aluminum Industry (CVG Venalum).
Early life and education
He was born in the capital city of Caracas as the son of José Rafael Tellechea Oranoz. He graduated in 1992 as a high school student from the Monseñor Jáuregui Military High School in La Grita, Táchira. In 1993, he enlisted in the Military Academy of the Bolivarian Army (AMEB), where he graduated in 1998 with a degree in military science and arts in the promotion of Col. Vicente Campo Elías. Later, after several years, he achieved the rank of colonel in the Bolivarian Army of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces (FANB).
Tellechea studied a specialization in public finance at the Universidad Santa María (2002–2004) and a master's degree in naval operations in the postgraduate program of the Military Academy of the Bolivarian Navy (2005–2007). He was sent to Buenos Aires to obtain a degree in mechanical engineering with a specialization in armament at the Higher Technical School of the Argentine Army (currently General Division Nicolás Manuel Savio Army Engineering Faculty) (2008-2013).
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