Joaquín Crespo

Joaquín Sinforiano de Jesús Crespo Torres ( xoaˈkin simfoˈɾjano ðe xeˈsus ˈkɾespo ˈtores , born August 22, 1841 in San Francisco de Cara, Aragua ; † April 16, 1898 in La Mata Carmelera, Cojedes ) was an officer and politician in Venezuela and its president of 1884–1886 and 1892–1898.

Portrait of Martín Tovar y Tovar

Life

He lived in Parapara as a child , where he learned to read and write. His military career began as early as 1858 under Colonel José de Jesús . On September 18, 1864, he married Jacinta Parejo , in the same year he was also a member of the Guárico State . From 1865 to 1868 he was a member of the National Congress of Venezuela for Guárico. President Antonio Guzmán Blanco appointed him general and leader of the Army of Venezuela on December 4, 1871 . In 1879 he was appointed President of the (former) state of Guzmán Blanco for a five-year term . From 1879 Crespo was the first and only civil and military chief of the Territorio Federal Maracay , which was reunited with Guzmán in 1880. On February 14, 1884 he was appointed Minister of War and the Navy and at the same time President of Guzmán Blanco, and he was also elected to the Senate of Congress . Finally, on April 27, 1884, he was sworn in by Congress as President of Venezuela. In 1888, Crespo decided to prepare an uprising against the current president, Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl . To do this, he traveled to Trinidad , but the attempt failed. Together with his supporters, he was arrested on board the ship "Ana Jacinta" and taken to La Rotunda ( Caracas ), from where he later went into exile (1889–1890). When the elected President Raimundo Andueza Palacio wanted to extend his term of office in 1892, he was deposed by Crespo and the so-called "revolución legalista". He then took over the office again until 1898.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Biography (Spanish)
2. ↑ VENEZUELA VIRTUAL