Rafael Seijas was a Venezuelan political figure. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela multiple terms, holding the position as of 1882.[1] In 1883 and 1884, he oversaw the process of drawing maps between the boundaries of British Guiana and Venezuela, working with a Colonel Mansfield until April 1884.[2] He authored a series of papers in 1898, again on the arbitration of the Venezuela and British Guiana borders.[3]

Rafael Seijas
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela
In office
9 August 1861 – 1 January 1862
PresidentJosé Antonio Páez
In office
9 December 1865 – 24 July 1867
PresidentJuan Crisóstomo Falcón
In office
3 October 1865 – 5 March 1867
PresidentJuan Crisóstomo Falcón
In office
15 June 1878 – 5 August 1878
PresidentAntonio Guzmán Blanco
In office
30 April 1881 – 27 April 1884
PresidentAntonio Guzmán Blanco
In office
20 January 1890 – 19 March 1890
PresidentJuan Pablo Rojas Paúl

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References

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  1. ^ Ewell, Judith (1996). Venezuela and the United States: From Monroe's Hemisphere to Petroleum's Empire. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820317830.
  2. ^ Correspondence in Relation to the Boundary Controversy Between Great Britain and Venezuela: Being a Reprint of Senate Executive Document No. 226, Fiftieth Congress, First Session, and Senate Document No. 31, Fifty-fourth Congress, First Session. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1896.
  3. ^ Papers. Evening Post Job Printing House. 1898. seijas.
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Political offices
Preceded by 60th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela
9 August 1861 – 1 January 1862
Succeeded by
Preceded by 70th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela
9 December 1865 – 24 July 1867
Succeeded by
Preceded by 72nd Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela
3 October 1865 – 5 March 1867
Succeeded by
Preceded by 95th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela
15 June 1878 – 5 August 1878
Succeeded by
Preceded by 104th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela
30 April 1881 – 27 April 1884
Succeeded by
Preceded by 115th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela
20 January 1890 – 19 March 1890
Succeeded by