Rafael Seijas | |
Order3: | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela |
Term Start3: | 9 August 1861 |
Term End3: | 1 January 1862 |
President3: | José Antonio Páez |
Term Start4: | 9 December 1865 |
Term End4: | 24 July 1867 |
President4: | Juan Crisóstomo Falcón |
Term Start5: | 3 October 1865 |
Term End5: | 5 March 1867 |
President5: | Juan Crisóstomo Falcón |
Term Start6: | 15 June 1878 |
Term End6: | 5 August 1878 |
President6: | Antonio Guzmán Blanco |
Term Start7: | 30 April 1881 |
Term End7: | 27 April 1884 |
President7: | Antonio Guzmán Blanco |
Term Start8: | 20 January 1890 |
Term End8: | 19 March 1890 |
President8: | Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl |
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]