José María Carreño

José María Carreño
President of Venezuela
Interim
In office
27 July 1835  20 August 1835
Preceded by José María Vargas
Succeeded by Andrés Narvarte
President of Venezuela
Interim
In office
20 January 1837  11 March 1837
Preceded by Andrés Narvarte
Succeeded by Carlos Soublette
Personal details
Born 19 March 1792
Cúa, Miranda state, Venezuela
Died 18 May 1849 (aged 57)
Caracas, Venezuela
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Jose Maria Carreño Blanco (19 March 1792 in Cúa — 18 May 1849 in Caracas) was a Venezuelan politician and military, Vice-president in the government of José María Vargas, and provisional President of Venezuela as interim caretaker in 1837. Jose Maria Carreño lent his shirt to Simón Bolívar, right after his death. There is little information about Carreño Blanco.

On 20 January 1837, in agreement with the constitution, concluded the period of Andrés Narvarte, being designated as president of Venezuela. Jose Maria Carreño, in his position of vice-president of the Government Council, exerted his functions with the collaboration of Felipe Fermín Paul, the Minister of the Interior, José Felix Blanco in the War and Navy Ministry, and Manuel Maria Echeandía in Outer Relations.

On 11 March 1837, Carlos Soublette was designated vice-president of Venezuela, and on 10 April, of that year, assumed the presidency of the Republic, a position that Soublette carried out until concluding the constitutional period that Vargas initiated in 1835.

José María Carreño was a Mason in the 3rd degree. Carreño died on 18 May 1849 in Caracas, Venezuela.

See also

Political offices
Preceded by
José María Vargas
President of Venezuela
(1st Interim)

1835
Succeeded by
Andrés Narvarte
Preceded by
Andrés Narvarte
President of Venezuela
(2nd Interim)

1837
Succeeded by
Carlos Soublette