Julián Castro (Venezuelan politician)
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| Born | c. 1810 Carabobo, United States of Venezuela |
| Spouse | María Nieves Briceño |
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Julián Castro Contreras (c. 1810 – 12 June 1875) was a Venezuelan military officer and the president of Venezuela between 1858 and 1859.
Biography
He was presumably born in
Captain, he took part in the Revolution of the Reforms which withdrew President José María Vargas from power. Defeated in the coup, he was imprisoned, but released some years later. Then he and his brother moved to Bejuma (Carabobo State). He married María Nieves Briceño, natural daughter of José Laurencio Silva, a hero of the Venezuelan War of Independence
, and had four sons: Julián, Inocente, Ramón and Francisco de Paula.
From the rise of
Valencia
.
In April 1856 Monagas appointed Castro as Governor of
Major General). In March 1858 he led a movement against Monagas, who quit as president on 15 March. Castro became president on 18 March. His presidency was troubled, with scandals (the Urrutia Protocol affair, among others), coup attempts, and the beginning of the Federal War (February 1859), led by Ezequiel Zamora and Juan Crisóstomo Falcón
.
On 2 August 1859 he was imprisoned by some military officers, including the Military Commander of Caracas, Manuel de las Casas, and forced to resign. He remained in prison and was tried by the Venezuelan Congress in July 1860, who found him guilty of treason, but did not punish him. After the trial, Castro left Venezuela.
Castro returned to Venezuela in 1870, just before the
Valencia
, on 12 June 1875.
Personal life
Julián Castro was married to María Nieves Briceño[First Lady of Venezuela from 1858 to 1859.[citation needed]
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María Nieves Briceño
See also
- Presidents of Venezuela
References
- ISBN 978-980-395-106-1
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Julián Castro.
- Julián Castro Biography (in Spanish)
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