Juan Crisóstomo Falcón
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| Juan Crisóstomo Falcón y Zavarce | |
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| In office June 17, 1863 – April 25, 1868 |
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| Preceded by | José Antonio Páez |
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| Succeeded by | Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual |
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| Born | January 27, 1820 Hato Tabe, Falcón, Venezuela |
| Died | April 29, 1870 Fort-de-France, Martinique |
Juan Crisóstomo Falcón y Zavarce (27 January 1820 – 29 April 1870) was president of Venezuela (1863-1868).
Member of the liberal Venezuelan Federalist Party, he first served as president of Venezuela as the supreme chief of a rebel movement in August 1859, but the rebellion was soon crushed. He served as the recognized president of Venezuela from 1863 to 1868, when a conservative revolution headed by General José Tadeo Monagas ended his term as president. Also, he was briefly overthrown in 1865. At the end of his presidential term, Falcón emigrated to Europe. He died in Martinique in 1870.
He abolished the death penalty as the first president to do so in the world.
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