Guillermo Tell Villigas Pulido ( Spanish: Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido ; July 28, 1854 , Barinas - July 25, 1949 , Caracas ) - Venezuelan lawyer , journalist and politician . In 1892, during the crisis of the Legalist Revolution, Joaquin Crespo , Acting President of Venezuela [1] .
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| Predecessor | Guillermo Tell Villegasa | ||||||
| Successor | Joaquin Crespo | ||||||
| Birth | July 28, 1854 Barinas | ||||||
| Death | July 25, 1949 (94 years old) Caracas | ||||||
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- This person has a Spanish last name; here Villegas is the name of the father, Pulido is the name of the mother.
Biography
Villegas Pulido was the son of Jose Antonio Villegas and Nieves Pulido. Soon he moved to Caracas, studied law at the Central University of Venezuela, received a degree in 1875.
In 1879 he was appointed Special Commissioner of Venezuela in Panama, in addition, he was Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Caracas District in 1879-1880 and Secretary General of the President Antonio Guzman Blanco . In 1881 he was a judge of the first instance in Caracas, as well as a deputy of the National Congress from the state of Bolivar in 1890-1892.
After his uncle Guillermo was removed from power, Tell Villegas took over as president for the Legalist Revolution. Thanks to his influence, a psychiatric hospital in Caracas was founded in 1892 [2] . During the management of Crespo was forced to leave the country.
Since 1898, after his return, he served as head of government of the states of Falcon, Guarico (1900-1901) and Apure (1903-1904), as well as the Prosecutor General of Venezuela (1899-1909, 1913-1916 and 1936).
From 1906 to 1907 he served as consul of Venezuela on the island of Trinidad.
As a journalist, Villegas Pulido founded the magazines Alianza Literaria (1876), La Mayoría (1879) and Monitor (1889) [3] .
He died in 1949 at the age of 94.
Facts
- Villegas Pulido was one of the long-livers among the former heads of state and government of the world at the end of his life.
- Villegas Pulido during his short presidency was one of the youngest leaders of the heads of state and government in the world.
Notes
- ↑ Historia de Venezuela: Tomas del Poder . Date of treatment March 12, 2013. Archived on April 7, 2013.
- ↑ VITAE17-Medicina en el tiempo . Date of treatment March 12, 2013. Archived on April 7, 2013.
- ↑ IABN. (1982). "Los Liberales amarillos en la caricatura venezolana"