- José María Carreño
Infobox_President | name=José María Carreño
order2=7thPresident of Venezuela
term_start2=January 20 ,1837
term_end2=March 11 1837
predecessor2=Andrés Narvarte
successor2=Carlos Soublette
order=ActingPresident of Venezuela
term_start=July 27 ,1835
term_end=August 20 1835
predecessor=Santiago Mariño
successor=Andrés Narvarte
birth_date=March 19 ,1792
birth_place=Cúa , Miranda state,Venezuela
death_date=May 18 ,1849
death_place=Caracas, Venezuela
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Jose Maria Carreño was a Venezuelan politician and military, Vice-president in the government of
José María Vargas , and provisionalPresident of Venezuela as interim caretaker in 1837. Important personage of the Venezuelan History. Jose Maria Carreño was the one who lent his shirt toSimón Bolívar , at the moments after his death. This hero has very few recognitions, and inexplicably there is not much information about him.On
January 20 ,1837 , in agreement with the constitution, concluded the period ofAndrés Narvarte , being designated as president of Venezuela Jose Maria Carreño, in his quality of vice-president of the Government Council. Carreño exerted his functions with the collaboration of Felipe Fermín Paul like interior minister, José Felix Blanco in the War and Navy Ministry, and Manuel Maria Echeandía in Outer Relations. OnMarch 11 ,1837 ,Carlos Soublette was designated as vice-president of Venezuela, and onApril 10 , of that year, assumed the presidency of the Republic, position that Soublette carried out until concluding the constitutional period that Vargas initiated in 1835. José María Carreño was mason in the 30rd degree.References
* [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Carre%C3%B1o José María Carreño]
See also
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Venezuela
*Presidents of Venezuela
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