What is Rafael Caldera?
{{Infobox officeholder | name=Rafael Caldera | image = Rafael Caldera 1969 (cropped).jpg | imagesize = | caption = Official portrait, 1969 | office= [[President of Venezuela]] | order = | term_start=2 February 1994 | term_end=2 February 1999 | predecessor=[[Ramón José Velásquez]] | successor=[[Hugo Chávez]] | office2= | order2 = | term_start2=11 March 1969 | term_end2=12 March 1974 | predecessor2=[[Raúl Leoni]] | successor2=[[Carlos Andrés Pérez]] | office3=[[National Assembly of Venezuela|Senator for Life]] | term_start3=12 March 1974 | term_end3=2 February 1994 | term_start4=2 February 1999 | term_end4=20 December 1999 | office5=President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of Venezuela | term_start5=1959 | term_end5=1962 | office6=Solicitor General of Venezuela | term_start6=26 October 1945 | term_end6=13 April 1946 | birth_name=Rafael Antonio Caldrea Rodríguez | birth_date={{birth date|df=yes|1916|1|24}} | birth_place=[[San Felipe, Yaracuy]], Venezuela | death_date={{death date and age|df=yes|2009|12|24|1916|1|24}} | death_place=[[Caracas]], Venezuela | occupation=Lawyer | signature=Rafael Caldera Signature.svg | website =[http://www.rafaelcaldera.com Official website] | party=[[COPEI]]<br><small>(1946–1993)</small><br>[[National Convergence]]<br><small>(1993–2009)</small> | spouse=[[Alicia Pietri|Alicia Pietri Montemayor]]| | alma_mater=[[Central University of Venezuela]] }} '''Rafael Antonio Caldera Rodríguez''' ({{IPA-es|rafaˈel anˈtonjo kalˈdeɾa roˈðɾiɣes}}; 24 January 1916 &ndash; 24 December 2009),<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rafael-Antonio-Caldera-Rodriguez Profile of Rafael Antonio Caldera Rodríguez - Encyclopedia Britannica]</ref> twice elected [[President of Venezuela]], served for two five-year terms (1969–1974 and 1994–1999), becoming the longest serving democratically elected leader to govern the country in the twentieth century.<ref>[http://www.cognitiobooks.com/author.asp?ix=27 Rafael Caldera - Cognitio]</ref> Widely acknowledged as one of the founders of Venezuela’s