Simón Alberto Consalvi

Simón Alberto Consalvi (7 July 1927 – 11 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician, journalist, diplomat and historian.

Career
He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela on two occasions (1977-1979/1985-1988), Minister of Internal Affairs of Venezuela (1988–1989), Secretary of the Presidency (1988), and also held several Ambassadorships. A journalist and author of many books, he was member of the National Academy of History since 1997, and Associate Editor of the daily El Nacional.

Because of a domestic accident, Simon Alberto Consalvi died in Caracas, Venezuela on 11 March 2013 He was 85.

Partial bibliography

 * "La Paz Nuclear" (1988)
 * "1989 / Diario de Washington" (1990)
 * "Pedro Manuel Arcaya y la crisis de los años 30" (1991)
 * "Auge y caída de Rómulo Gallegos" (1991)
 * "Lascivia Brevis" (1992)
 * "Grover Cleveland y la controversia Venezuela-Gran Bretaña" (1992)
 * "Los Gómez de Zapata" (1993)
 * "Profecía de la palabra" (1996)
 * "El perfil y la sombra" (1997)
 * "Las relaciones Venezuela-Estados Unidos en la primera mitad del siglo XX" (2000)
 * "Profecía de la palabra, Vida y Obra de Mariano Picón Salas" (2001)
 * "El Precio de la Historia" (2001)
 * "Historia de las relaciones exteriores de Venezuela, 1810–2000" (2001)
 * "Reflexiones sobre la Historia de Venezuela" (2002)
 * "Augusto Mijares, el pensador y su tiempo" (2003)
 * "El carrusel de las discordias" (2003)
 * "El petróleo en Venezuela" (2004)
 * "1957: el año en que los venezolanos perdieron el miedo" (2007)
 * "La Guerra de los Compadres" (2009)
 * "La Revolución de Octubre" (2010)