Edgar Sanabria Arcia (; 3 October 1911 – 24 April 1989) was a Venezuelan lawyer, diplomat, and politician. He served as the acting

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from 1958 to 1959.

Biography

He was born in Caracas to his parents Gorge Sanabria Bruzal and Magdalena Arcia. He graduated from the

Central University of Venezuela The Central University of Venezuela (Spanish: ''Universidad Central de Venezuela''; UCV) is a public university of Venezuela located in Caracas. It is widely held to be the highest ranking institution in the country, and it also ranks 18th in L ...

in 1935, becoming a law professor at the same university a year later. He worked for several ministries during the presidency of Isaias Medina Angarita. He belonged to the provisional Government Junta after the overthrow of

Marcos Pérez Jiménez Marcos Evangelista Pérez Jiménez (25 April 1914 – 20 September 2001) was a Venezuelan military and general officer of the Army of Venezuela and the dictator of Venezuela from 1950 to 1958, ruling as member of the military junta from 195 ...

on 23 January 1958, and was interim

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when replaced the Rear admiral

Wolfgang Larrazábal Rear Admiral Wolfgang Enrique Larrazábal Ugueto (; 5 March 1911 – 27 February 2003) was a Venezuelan naval officer and politician. He served as the president of Venezuela following the overthrow of Marcos Pérez Jiménez on 23 January 1 ...

because he decides to appear in the elections of 18, November 1958. During the interim presidency Sanabria implemented the Supplementary Tax Law through which the tax rate is raised to oil companies from 50 to 60%. The Law of Universities was also sanctioned, in which the statute of university autonomy and the inviolability of its precincts were restored by any state security agency. On December 12, 1958, issued Decree No. 473, which created the El Ávila National Park covering an area of 66,192 hectares, with the purpose of preserving the scenic beauty, its fauna, flora and biodiversity. The electoral result of the presidential elections of 1958 favored

Rómulo Betancourt Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello (22 February 1908 – 28 September 1981; ), known as "The Father of Venezuelan Democracy", was the president of Venezuela, serving from 1945 to 1948 and again from 1959 to 1964, as well as leader of Acción De ...

of Acción Democrática, followed by Larrazábal who was supported by URD, PCV and other political parties, and in the third place COPEI, with his hegemonic candidate

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. On February 18, 1959, Sanabria handed over power to

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in a joint session of the National Congress. After leaving the presidency, he served as Ambassador to the

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(1959-1963),

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(1964-1968), and

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(1968-1970).http://www.venezuelatuya.com/biografias/edgar_sanabria.htm (Spanish) He died in

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, after a stroke, on 24 April 1989, at the age of 77.

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Biography

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