José Francisco Bermúdez (23 January 1782,

Cariaco Cariaco is a town in the state of Sucre, Venezuela. It is the capital of the Ribero Municipality. It stands a short distance up the Cariaco river and its port immediately on the coast is known as Puerto Sucre. It is at the head of the Gulf of Car ...

– 15 December 1831,

Cumaná Cumaná () is the capital city of Venezuela's Sucre State. It is located east of Caracas. Cumaná was one of the first cities founded by Spain in the mainland Americas and is the oldest continuously-inhabited Hispanic-established city in South ...

) was a

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n revolutionary and military officer. A major lieutenant of

Simón Bolívar Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios (24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830) was a Venezuelan military and political leader who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama and ...

, he fought in the

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, reaching the rank of General. He is buried in the

National Pantheon of Venezuela The National Pantheon of Venezuela (''Panteón Nacional de Venezuela'') is a final resting place for national heroes. The Pantheon (Latin ''Pantheon'', from Greek ''Pantheon,'' meaning " Temple of all the Gods") was created in the 1870s on th ...

.Pérez Tenreiro, Tomas. (1968): Los Generales en jefe de la independencia (rasgos biográficos). Ministerio de la Defensa. Caracas.Romero Martínez, Vinicio. (1987): Mis mejores amigos. 110 biografías de venezolanos ilustres. Editorial Larense, C.A. Caracas. 188p. Hernández Caballero, Serafín (Editor). 1998: Gran Enciclopedia de Venezuela. Editorial Globe, C.A. Caracas. 10 volúmenes. A municipality (

Bermúdez Municipality The Bermúdez Municipality is one of the fifteen municipalities (municipios) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Sucre and, according to a 2011 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has ...

) and an airport (

General José Francisco Bermúdez Airport General José Francisco Bermúdez Airport is an airport serving the Caribbean coastal city of Carúpano, Venezuela. The airport is named in honor of José Francisco Bermúdez, a general in the Venezuelan War of Independence. The Carupano non-d ...

), both in his native

Sucre State The Sucre State ( es, Estado Sucre, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Cumaná city. Sucre State covers a total surface area of and, as of the 2011 census, had a population of 896,921. The most important river in ...

, are named in his honour.

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1782 births 1831 deaths People of the Venezuelan War of Independence Venezuelan revolutionaries Burials at the National Pantheon of Venezuela {{Venezuela-mil-bio-stub