Eleazar López Contreras
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Eleazar López Contreras | |
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45th President of Venezuela | |
In office 18 December 1935 – 5 May 1941 | |
Preceded by | Juan Vicente Gómez |
Succeeded by | Isaías Medina Angarita |
Senator for life | |
In office 23 January 1961 – 2 January 1973 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Queniquea, Táchira, Venezuela | 5 May 1883
Died | 2 January 1973 Caracas, Venezuela | (aged 89)
Spouse(s) | Luz María Volkmar Luisa Elena Mijares María Teresa Núñez Tovar |
Children | Blanca Rosa Eleazar Cristina Cecilia Fernando Margarita |
Profession | General |
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Military service | |
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Years of service | 1899−1941 |
Rank | Vice Commander (final) |
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Battles/wars |
José Eleazar López Contreras (5 May 1883 – 2 January 1973) was President of Venezuela between 1935 and 1941. He was an army general and one of Juan Vicente Gómez's collaborators, serving as his War Minister from 1931. In 1939, López Contreras accepted on behalf of Venezuela the ships Koenigstein and Caribia which had fled with Jews from Germany.[1][2]
López Contreras cabinet (1935–41)[]
Cabinet[3] | |||||
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OFFICE | NAME | TERM | |||
President | Eleazar López Contreras | 1935–1941 | |||
Interior Affairs | Pedro Tinoco | 1935–1936 | |||
1936 | |||||
Alejandro Lara | 1936 | ||||
Régulo Olivares | 1936–1937 | ||||
Alfonso Mejía | 1937–1938 | ||||
Luis Gerónimo Pietri | 1938–1941 | ||||
Foreign Affairs | Pedro Itriago Chacín | 1935–1936 | |||
Esteban Gil Borges | 1936–1941 | ||||
Finance | Efraim González | 1935–1936 | |||
Gustavo Herrera | 1936 | ||||
Alejandro Lara | 1936 | ||||
1936 | |||||
Cristóbal L. Mendoza | 1937–1938 | ||||
Francisco J. Parra | 1938–1941 | ||||
War and Navy | Antonio Chalbaud Cardona | 1935–1936 | |||
Isaías Medina Angarita | 1936–1941 | ||||
Development | Pedro París | 1936 | |||
Nestor Luis Pérez | 1936–1938 | ||||
Manuel R. Egaña | 1938–1941 | ||||
Public Works | Antonio Díaz | 1935–1936 | |||
Tomás Pacaninis | 1936–1938 | ||||
Enrique Jorge Aguerrevere | 1938–1941 | ||||
Public Instruction | R. González Rincones | 1935–1936 | |||
José Ramón Ayala | 1936 | ||||
1936 | |||||
Rómulo Gallegos | 1936 | ||||
Alberto Smith | 1936–1937 | ||||
Rafael Ernesto López | 1937–1938 | ||||
Enrique Tejera | 1938–1939 | ||||
Arturo Uslar Pietri | 1939–1941 | ||||
Sanitation and Agriculture | R. González Rincones | 1935–1936 | |||
Health and Social Welfare | Enrique Tejera | 1936 | |||
Santos A. Dominici | 1936–1937 | ||||
Honorio Sigala | 1937–1938 | ||||
Julio García Álvarez | 1938–1941 | ||||
Agriculture | 1936 | ||||
Alfonso Mejía | 1936–1937 | ||||
Hugo Parra Pérez | 1937–1938 | ||||
Amenodoro Rangel Lamus | 1938–1939 | ||||
Alfonso Mejía | 1939–1941 | ||||
Communications | Francisco H. Rivero | 1936 | |||
Honorio Sigala | 1936 | ||||
Alejandro Lara | 1936–1937 | ||||
Luis Gerónimo Pietri | 1937–1938 | ||||
Héctor Cuenca | 1938–1939 | ||||
José Rafael Pocaterra | 1939–1941 | ||||
Secretary of the Presidency | ‘’’ Amenodoro Rangel ‘’’ | align=‘’Left’’left’’ | - Francisco Parra | 1936 | |
1936–1938 | |||||
Alfonso Mejía | 1938–1939 | ||||
Tulio Chiossone | 1939−1941 |
Secretary Amenodoro Rangel Lamus | 1935 - 1937|
Personal life[]
Eleazar López Contreras was married to María Teresa Núñez Tovar,[citation needed] who served as First Lady of Venezuela from 1936–1941.[citation needed]
María Teresa Núñez Tovar
See also[]
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- Presidents of Venezuela
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References[]
- (in Spanish) General Eleazar López Contreras — Official biography.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Morashá | Home".
- ^ Centro Editor/José Rivas Rivas (1972). "Historia Gráfica de Venezuela. 1- El Gobierno de López Contreras"
Categories:
- Presidents of Venezuela
- Venezuelan generals
- Venezuelan soldiers
- Venezuelan life senators
- Venezuelan people of Spanish descent
- Recipients of the Legion of Honour
- 1883 births
- 1973 deaths