Joaquín Crespo

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Joaquín Sinforiano de Jesús Crespo
Joaquín Crespo

In office
April 26, 1884 – September 15, 1886
October 7, 1892 - February 28, 1898
Preceded by Antonio Guzmán Blanco (1884)
Guillermo Tell Villegas (1892)
Succeeded by Antonio Guzmán Blanco (1886)
Ignacio Andrade (1898)

Born August 22, 1841
San Francisco de Cara, Aragua
Died April 16, 1898
La Mata Carmelera, Cojedes

Joaquín Sinforiano de Jesús Crespo (August 22, 1841 - April 16, 1898) was a Politician, Soldier and President of Venezuela from 1884 to 1886 and again from 1892 to 1898, and a member of the Partido Liberal Amarillo.

During the Joaquín Crespo regime, Venezuela had a dispute with the United Kingdom over the border between Venezuela and British Guiana (what is now Guyana).


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