Jose Maria Carreño Blanco (19 March 1792 in

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– 18 May 1849 in

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) was a Venezuelan politician and military person. He was vice-president in the government of

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, and provisional

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as interim caretaker in 1837.

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Jose Maria Carreño lent his shirt to

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, 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 Andrés Narvarte Pimentel (1781–March 31, 1853) was the president of Venezuela as interim caretaker (1836–1837). Biography First Period (1835) As Vice President of the Republic, Andrés Navarte assumed executive power between 20 January 183 ...

, 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 Carlos Valentín José de la Soledad Antonio del Sacramento de Soublette y Jerez de Aristeguieta (15 December 1789 – 11 February 1870) was the president of Venezuela from 1837 to 1839 and 1843 to 1847 and a hero of the Venezuelan War of I ...

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

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carreno, Jose Maria Presidents of Venezuela Venezuelan soldiers 1792 births 1849 deaths People from Cúa Venezuelan people of Spanish descent Burials at the National Pantheon of Venezuela

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