Raúl Leoni
Raúl Leoni | |
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| President of Venezuela | |
| In office 13 March 1964 – 11 March 1969 | |
| Preceded by | Rómulo Betancourt |
| Succeeded by | Rafael Caldera |
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| Born | Raúl Leoni Otero 26 April 1905 El Manteco, Bolívar State, Venezuela |
| Died | 5 July 1972 (aged 67) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Acción Democrática |
| Spouse(s) | Carmen América Fernández Alcalá (Menca de Leoni) |
| Children | 1 |
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Raúl Leoni Otero (26 April 1905 – 5 July 1972) was the President of Venezuela from 1964 until 1969. He was a member of the Generation of 1928 and a charter member of the Acción Democrática party, and the first Labor minister of Venezuela (during El Trienio Adeco, 1945–48).
Personal life and death
[change | change source]Raúl Leoni was married to Carmen América Fernández, who served as First Lady of Venezuela from 1964–1969 and has one son named Álvaro. Leoni died on 5 July 1972 when he was 67 years old, at the Cornell Medical Center in New York City, where he was recovering from medical treatment after suffering a hemorrhage.
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Acting / interim / caretaker presidents shown in italics 1 Recognized by the National Assembly as "interim president" during the Venezuelan presidential crisis until 2023 | ||
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