Rear Admiral Wolfgang Enrique Larrazábal Ugueto (; 5 March 1911 – 27 February 2003) was a
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
n naval officer and politician. He served as the
president of Venezuela following the
overthrow of Marcos Pérez Jiménez on 23 January 1958. He resigned later that year to run in the
1958 presidential election, but lost to former president
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 ...
.
See also
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Presidents of Venezuela
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List of Venezuelans
Famous or notable Venezuelans include:
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* Jimmy Alcock
* Esther Ayuso
* Federico Beckhoff
*Anita Berrizbeitia
* Guido Bermudez
* Bernardo Borges
* Dirk Bornhost
*Carlos Brillembourg
* Cipriano Dominguez
* Julián Ferris Betanc ...
References
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Wolfgang Larrazábal– Official biography.
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1911 births
2003 deaths
People from Carúpano
Venezuelan people of Basque descent
Democratic Republican Union politicians
Presidents of Venezuela
Venezuelan admirals
Leaders who took power by coup