Carlos Delgado Chalbaud

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Carlos Delgado Chalbaud

Carlos Román Delgado Chalbaud Gómez (born January 20, 1909 in Caracas ; † November 13, 1950 ibid) was a politician and officer and from 1948 to 1950 President of Venezuela .

Together with civilians and other young military personnel (including the later dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez ) , he launched a coup on October 18, 1945 against the incumbent President Isaías Medina Angarita .

Early years and career

His parents are General Román Delgado Chalbaud and Luisa Elena Gómez Velutini. When Carlos Delgado was just four years old, his father was arrested on the instructions of his godfather, the dictator Juan Vicente Gómez , and the family has to go into exile in Paris .

In 1927 his father was released from prison and started - from exile in Paris - preparation for an invasion to overthrow Gómez. In this conspiratorial environment, Carlos Delgado got to know some members of the " Generación de 28 " ( generation of 28 ; students who failed in an uprising against Gómez in 1928).

The invasion took place in Cumaná on August 11, 1929 , with the assistance of the German freighter Falke , with Carlos Delgado as a member. After their failure (his father died in the process), he returned to Paris and finished his engineering studies.

After the death of General Gómez on December 17, 1935, he returned to Venezuela and joined the military in 1939, where he became part of the "new generation of officers" who were seeking an institutional change in the country. On October 18, 1945 he took part in the coup against Isaías Medina Angarita and on the following day became a member of the " Junta Revolucionaria de Gobierno " ( Revolutionary Government Junta ). This declared him Minister of War and the Navy (later renamed Minister of Defense ).

The growing resistance against the government of the Acción Democrática and its president Rómulo Gallegos , which finally led to the coup on November 24, 1948, formed around him.

Presidency

Carlos Delgado was installed as president of this military junta , in which Marcos Pérez Jiménez was also.

Among the first steps taken by the junta were the dissolution of Congress and other legislative institutions, as well as the ban on the Acción Democrática . Furthermore, formerly nationalized goods were returned to their original owners.

In early 1950 there was a dispute over the dissolution of the junta and a gradual transition to a democracy. Delgado considered holding elections with the aim of finding a president chosen in agreement with the political parties and the military, if possible initially Delgado himself.

On November 13, 1950, however, he was kidnapped and killed by Rafael Urbina López, many people consider Marcos Pérez Jiménez to be the perpetrator of this crime. Since Delgado was considered conscientious and economical - he even did without a driver - there are other possible authorship involved in corruption .

Footnotes and individual references

  1. ↑ As a souvenir of his father, Carlos Delgado uses both of his father's surnames and not - as usual - one of both parents.
  2. ↑ General Marcos Pérez Jiménez , Guardian, September 21, 2001
  3. ↑ The more villas, the worse the management , Novaya Gazeta, April 18, 2019

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SURNAME Delgado Chalbaud, Carlos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Delgado Chalbaud Gómez, Carlos Román
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Venezuelan politician, President of Venezuela
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Caracas
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 1950
Place of death Caracas