Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo
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Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso (13 December 1903 – 3 September 1979) was a prominent Venezuelan diplomat and politician primarily responsible for the inception and creation of OPEC.
[edit] Early life
Born in Caracas, Venezuela into a Jewish family, Pérez helped found the political party Democratic Action (AD; Acción Democrática). He became the minister of mines and petroleum during the administration of Rómulo Betancourt (1959–1964). He was responsible for proposing the formation of OPEC as an international oil cartel that would help raise oil prices in the world market. He died in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., United States on 3 September 1979, having succumbed to an advanced form of cancer. He was 76 years of age.
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