Victoriano Márques Bustillos
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| Victoriano Márques Bustillos | |
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| In office 1915 – 1922 |
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| Preceded by | Juan Vicente Gómez |
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| Succeeded by | Juan Vicente Gómez |
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| Born | 1858 Guanare, Portuguesa state |
| Died | January 10, 1941 Caracas, Venezuela |
Victoriano Márques Bustillos was President of Venezuela 1915-1922. Although he was elected by Congress, Juan Vicente Gómez, his predecessor, remained the real power behind the presidency.
[edit] Early life
Bustillos was born in Guanare, Portuguesa state, in 1858. A lawyer and politician, he was the provisional president of Venezuela during the period between 1915-1922. Victorino Márquez and Virginia Bustillos were his parents. He married with Enriqueta Iragorry Briceño. He initiated his career in Trujillo, under the direction of the caudillos Juan Bautista Araujo and Leopoldo Bautista. Also, he was chief editor of the newspaper El Trujillano between 1877 and 1887, and a delegate for the Andes state in 1890. In 1892, in spite of being the provisional president of that federal organization and second cousin of Raimundo Andueza Palacios, he is appended to the Legalist Revolution commanded by Joaquín Crespo, who in 1893 promotes brigadier general.
[edit] Career and presidency
From 1902 to 1904, he evolved as the secretary of Government of Trujillo state; in addition he is a delegate for the district of Trujillo in the Assembly of that state, between 1904 and 1906, and secretary of Government of Zulia state in 1909. In 1910, as provisional president of the Trujillo state, he distanced himself from Leopoldo Bautista, who refused to ratify Bustillos in that position. Later, he becomes a senator for Trujillo state (1910-1914), governor of the Federal District (1911-1912) and Minister of the Army and Navy (1913-1914). In April of 1914, Juan Vicente Gómez is elected by the Congress as President of the Republic for the period 1915-1922, but he decides not to assume the Presidency, remaining in Maracay as Commander-in-Chief of the army. Before these circumstances, Márquez Bustillo, who had been named provisional president of the Republic, stays in that position by means of the approval of a Provisory Constitutional Statute, with a 7 year period.
As a result of this, Venezuela experienced an exceptional situation, having 2 presidents: Victoriano Márquez Bustillos, the provisional president who governs from Miraflores Palace and Juan Vicente Gómez, the elected president, who resided in Maracay. During this time Márquez Bustillos would inform Gómez about all the details of the administration and subordinate any decision to him. The permanence of Márquez Bustillos in the provisional presidency brought intrigues against him during Gómez's health problems in 1921. In 1924 he is considered as a diplomat to the Vatican, but personal problems prevent him from presenting his credentials. In 1935, he is designated First Secretary of president Eleazar López Contreras, but before the pressure of antigomecistas sectors, he resigned in a few months. In 1918 he was incorporated as a member of the Academy of Political Sciences.
Victoriano Márquez Bustillos died in Caracas on January 10, 1941.
[edit] See also
 Presidents of Venezuela  |
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