Eleazar López Contreras facts for kids
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal family name is López and the second or maternal family name is Contreras.
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Eleazar López Contreras
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| President of Venezuela | |
| In office 18 December 1935 – 5 May 1941 |
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| Preceded by | Juan Vicente Gómez |
| Succeeded by | Isaías Medina Angarita |
| Senator for life | |
| In office 23 January 1961 – 2 January 1973 |
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| Born | 5 May 1883 Queniquea, Táchira, Venezuela |
| Died | 2 January 1973 (aged 89) Caracas, Venezuela |
| Spouses | Luz María Volkmar Luisa Elena Mijares María Teresa Núñez Tovar |
| Children | Blanca Rosa Eleazar Cristina Cecilia Fernando Margarita |
| Profession | General |
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| Years of service | 1899−1941 |
| Rank | Vice Commander (final) |
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José Eleazar López Contreras (5 May 1883 – 2 January 1973) was the 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.
López Contreras cabinet (1935–41)
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| OFFICE | NAME | TERM |
| President | Eleazar López Contreras | 1935–1941 |
| Interior Affairs | Pedro Tinoco | 1935–1936 |
| Diógenes Escalante | 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 | |
| Alberto Adriani | 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 | |
| Caracciolo Parra Pérez | 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 | Alberto Adriani | 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 | 1935-1936 |
| Francisco Parra | 1936 | |
| Diógenes Escalante | 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, who served as First Lady of Venezuela from 1936–1941.
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María Teresa Núñez Tovar
See also
In Spanish: Eleazar López Contreras para niños
- Presidents of Venezuela
- List of Venezuelans
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