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Juan Crisóstomo Falcón Zavarce (27 January 1820 – 29 April 1870) was the president of Venezuela from 1863 to 1868.Biography
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Biography

Falcón was a member of the Liberal Venezuelan Federalist Party, and had been exiled to Curaçao after the Conservative March Revolution of 1858. At the outbreak of the
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, he returned to Venezuela as the supreme chief of the rebel movement in August 1859. When his military leader Ezequiel Zamora, was killed in January 1860, Falcón, also took over as head of the Federalist army. His suffered a crushing defeat in the Battle of Coplé in February 1860, after which his army disintegrated.
After the Battle of Coplé, the Federal War transformed mainly into a successful guerrilla warfare campaign, which ended in a victory for the Federalists in 1863, and the Treaty of Coche, which made him the new President of Venezuela. He served as the recognized president of Venezuela from 1863 to 1868, when the
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Blue Revolution headed by General José Tadeo Monagas 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
Falcón Falcón State (, ) is one of the 23 States of Venezuela, states of Venezuela. The state capital is Coro, Venezuela, Coro. The state was named after Juan Crisóstomo Falcón. History Early history Present day Falcón State was first explored ...
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.


Personal life

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


See also

* Ezequiel Zamora *
Federal War The Federal War () — also known as the Great War or the 5 Year War — was a civil war in Venezuela between the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party over the monopoly the Conservatives held over government positions and land ownership, an ...
* Battle of Santa Inés * Presidents of Venezuela * List of Venezuelans


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