Antonio Leocadio Guzmán Águeda (

Caracas Caracas ( , ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern p ...

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, November 5, 1801 - November 13, 1884) was a Venezuelan politician, journalist, and military leader. He was the father of

Antonio Guzmán Blanco Antonio Leocadio Guzmán Blanco (28 February 1829 – 28 July 1899) was a Venezuelan military leader, statesman, diplomat and politician. He was the president of Venezuela for , from 1870 until 1877, from 1879 until 1884, and from 1886 until 1 ...

. He was the founder of the

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. From 1847 until 1851, he was the

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, under president

José Tadeo Monagas José Tadeo Monagas Burgos (28 October 1784 – 18 November 1868) was the president of Venezuela 1847–1851 and 1855–1858, and a hero of the Venezuelan War of Independence. Career Presidency In 1846, to head off the challenge from the Libe ...

. He was a candidate in the fraudulent 1846 Venezuelan presidential election. His supporters rebelled after his loss in the election.

Early life and education

Antonio Leocadio Guzmán Águeda was born in

on November 5, 1801. He was the son of Josefa Agueda Garcia and Antonio de Mata Guzmán, known as captain of the Queen battalion quartered in Caracas. In 1812 Guzman was sent to

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by his father to avoid difficulties in Venezuela, where he was educated by liberal tutors in the

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. He returned to Caracas in 1823.

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Antonio Leocadio Guzmán
at Venezuelatuya 1801 births 1884 deaths People from Gran Colombia Burials at the National Pantheon of Venezuela Venezuelan journalists Ministers of foreign affairs of Venezuela Venezuelan soldiers People from Caracas {{Venezuela-politician-stub

Early life and education

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