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    National Experimental University of the Armed Forces

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    National Experimental Polytechnic University of the Armed Force
    Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica de la Fuerza Armada
    MottoEducational excellence open to the people
    TypePublic
    Established1974
    RectorMajor General Pascualino Angiolillo Fernández, Venezuelan Army
    Students235,000 (May 2009)[1]
    Location
    Caracas
    ,
    Venezuela
    Websiteunefa.edu.ve
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    The National Experimental University of the Armed Forces (Spanish: Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica de la Fuerza Armada Bolivariana, UNEFA) is a Venezuelan public university associated with the Venezuelan armed forces. Founded in 1974 by the former president Rafael Caldera as the National Armed Forces Higher Polytechnical Institution (Instituto Universitario Politécnico de las Fuerzas Armadas Nacionales), it was renamed by the Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez in 1999.

    UNEFA in Zulia

    In 2009 it had 61 campuses, and was present in every Venezuelan state except Monagas, with 235,000 students enrolled in May 2009.[1]

    Notable people

    • Keysi Sayago, Miss Venezuela 2016
    • Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela
    • Naomi Soazo judoka
    • Diosdado Cabello, President of the Constituent Assembly
    • Nicolás Maduro Guerra, Politician and Congressman
    • Vladimir Padrino López, Minister of Defense
    • José Salazar, Venezuelan

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 (in Spanish) Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica de la Fuerza Armada Bolivariana, [1]





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