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Full Name Jose Herrera Uslar Born January 4, 1906 ( 1906-01-04 ) | ||
José Herrera Uslar, born on January 4, 1906. Son of José Manrique and Carolina Herrera Uslar Urbaneja; one of the founding families of the Valley of Caracas and owners of the Hacienda la Vega.
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Personal life
He married Clementina Velutini Couturier (1906–1998), had 3 children: Jose Herrera Velutini, Julio Herrera Velutini and Christina Herrera, and 9 grandchildren: Mercedes Clementina, José Henrique, Santiago and Andrés Herrera Titeux, Julio Herrera Velutini, Carlos Alberto Herrera Velutini and Jose Francisco Kolster Herrera, Cristina Herrera Pantin of Kochen and Andrés Kochen.
Professional Life
He was a lawyer. In 1936 he founded; along with Juan Jose Mendoza, Martin Vegas, Manuel Antonio Matos, Francisco Pimentel and others; the Progressive Republican Party (PRP), whose purpose was to fight against extremism, Marxism, social dissolution and relaxation, opposing, by all means, the spread of Marxist ideology in Venezuela.
In 1950, when he worked as an Ambassador of Venezuela in Sweden, José Herrera Uslar organized the transfer of 1,000 war orphans from Switzerland. They arrived to the country in batches of 50 children, and later brought to the colony of Catia La Mar, where they remained as they were adopted by Venezuelan Families.
On January 14, 1930 he founded the Basketball Federation of Venezuela.