Raúl Leoni
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Raúl Leoni | |
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President of Venezuela | |
In office 13 March 1964 – 11 March 1969 | |
Preceded by | Rómulo Betancourt |
Succeeded by | Rafael Caldera |
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Born | Raúl Leoni Otero 26 April 1905 El Manteco, Bolívar State, Venezuela |
Died | 5 July 1972 New York City, New York, U.S. | (aged 67)
Political party | Acción Democrática |
Spouse(s) | Carmen América Fernández Alcalá (Menca de Leoni) |
Children | 1 |
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Raúl Leoni Otero (26 April 1905 – 5 July 1972) was the President of Venezuela from 1964 until 1969. He was a member of the Generation of 1928 and a charter member of the Acción Democrática party, and the first Labor minister of Venezuela (during El Trienio Adeco, 1945–48).
Personal life and death
[change | change source]Raúl Leoni was married to Carmen América Fernández, who served as First Lady of Venezuela from 1964–1969 and has one son named Álvaro. Leoni died on 5 July 1972 when he was 67 years old, at the Cornell Medical Center in New York City, where he was recovering from medical treatment after suffering a hemorrhage.