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Juan Crisóstomo Falcón Zavarce (27 January 1820 – 29 April 1870) was the
president of Venezuela The president of Venezuela ( es, Presidente de Venezuela), officially known as the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, Presidente de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is the head of state and head of government in Ven ...
from 1863 to 1868.Biography
(Spanish) Member of the liberal Venezuelan Federalist Party, he first served as president of Venezuela as the supreme chief of a rebel movement in August 1859, but the rebellion was soon crushed. He served as the recognized president of Venezuela from 1863 to 1868, when a
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revolution headed by General
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 Liber ...
ended his term as president. Also, he was briefly overthrown in 1865. At the end of his presidential term, Falcón emigrated to Europe. He died in
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in 1870. The state of
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is named after him. In 1863, under the presidency of Juan Crisóstomo Falcon Zavarce, Venezuela became the first country to abolish capital punishment for all crimes, including serious offenses against the state.Capital punishment / Britannica
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Personal life

Falcón Zavarce was married to Luisa Isabel Pachano Muñoz, who served as
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from 1863 to 1868. File:Luisa Isabel Pachano.jpg, Luisa Isabel Pachano Muñoz


See also

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Ezequiel Zamora Ezequiel Zamora (; 1 February 1817 – 10 January 1860) was a Venezuelan soldier, and leader of the Federalists in the Federal War ''(Guerra Federal)'' of 1859–1863. Biography Zamora was born in Cúa, Miranda State. His parents were Alej ...
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Federal War The Federal War ( es, Guerra Federal) — also known as the Great War or the Five Year War — was a civil war (1859–1863) in Venezuela between the Conservative party and the Liberal party over the monopoly the Conservatives held over governm ...
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Battle of Santa Inés The Battle of Santa Inés was a Venezuelan battle which occurred between December 9 and 10, 1859, during the Federal War between the federal forces under General Ezequiel Zamora, and the conservative government of General Pedro Estanislao Ramos, ...
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Presidents of Venezuela Under the Venezuelan Constitution, the president of Venezuela is the head of state and head of government of Venezuela. As chief of the executive branch and face of the government as a whole, the presidency is the highest political office in th ...
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List of Venezuelans Famous or notable Venezuelans include: Architecture * Jimmy Alcock * Esther Ayuso * Federico Beckhoff *Anita Berrizbeitia * Guido Bermudez * Bernardo Borges * Dirk Bornhost *Carlos Brillembourg * Cipriano Dominguez * Julián Ferris Betanc ...


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(Spanish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Falcon Zavarce, Juan Crisostomo People from Falcón Presidents of Venezuela People of the Federal War Venezuelan soldiers 1820 births 1870 deaths Venezuelan people of Spanish descent Burials at the National Pantheon of Venezuela Deaths from cancer in France