Germán Suárez Flamerich
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| Germán Suárez Flamerich | |
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| In office November 13, 1950 – December 2, 1952 |
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| Preceded by | Carlos Delgado Chalbaud |
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| Succeeded by | Marcos Pérez Jiménez |
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| Born | April 10, 1907 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Died | June 24, 1990 Caracas, Venezuela |
Germán Suárez Flamerich (April 10, 1907 - June 24, 1990) was President of Venezuela (1950-1952).
Flamerich was a lawyer, college professor, diplomat, and politician. He was president of the "Junta de Gobierno" 1950-1952, after the assassination of Carlos Delgado Chalbaud. His parents were J.M. Suárez and Clorinda Flamerich. He graduated from the Liceo Caracas high school, and then from the Universidad Central de Venezuela. As a college student, he participated in the protests against the dictatorship of Gomez of the "Semana del Estudiante" on February, 1928. For this he was sent to jail on April, 1928, and back again from October to December, 1929. In 1931, Mr. Flamerich got a Ph.D. in Political Science and Law. He then became a Civil Law professor at the Universidad Central de Venezuela (1936-1941). In 1945 he was named the Dean of the School of Law, serving until 1947.
He was president ad honórem of the price-control commission (1940-1941), and congressional representative for the Distrito Federal (1941-1944). He was adviser to the Military Junta (1948), Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1949), and ambassador to Perú (1950). On November 27, 1950, he was called to serve as the president of the Junta after the former president, Colonel Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, was assassinated. On December 2, 1952, the military took over the presidency under another of the members of the Junta, Marcos Perez Jimenez. Suarez Flamerich went into exile for many years afterward. He later returned to Venezuela and worked as a lawyer. He died in Caracas on June 24, 1990.
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 Presidents of Venezuela  |
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