Hermógenes López (19 April 1830, in Naguanagua, Carabobo – 17 December 1898, in

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) was a Venezuelan soldier, farmer and acting

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of his country between 1887 and 1888, after the resignation of General

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who went into voluntary exile in Paris. There is scarce information about his childhood, which appears to have been limited to elementary education and farm work. From the arrival of

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and

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to the presidency (1848–1858), he entered into military activity, being part of the revolutions and battles of those decades; after that he returned to his life as farmer. López became military leader of Nirgua in 1858, and participated in the 1862 campaign of Carabobo, that overthrew its head of government, General Marcos López. López, was the head of Carabobo state after an electoral fight against General Gregorio Cedeño (May 1881). He also served as president (governor) of

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. Because of the retirement of Guzmán Blanco, he assumed the presidency of Venezuela on 8 August 1887 presiding a transition period, which concluded on 2 July 1888, when Juan Pablo Rojas Paul assumed the presidency. Hermógenes López's provisional government enjoyed the active cooperation of the Liberal Party and the society. During his term in office, he inaugurated the railroad between Puerto Cabello and Valencia and an underwater cable with Europe (February 1888).El Ferrocarril Inglés
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were returned to Venezuela. This act was carried out against the will of Guzmán Blanco, who considered Paéz as an oligarch. Hermógenes López died in 1898.

Hermógenes López cabinet (1887-1888)

References

*“Dictionary of History of Venezuela", Polar Foundation, 1997. *
Official biography
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez, Hermogenes Presidents of Venezuela Venezuelan soldiers People from Valencia, Venezuela 1830 births 1898 deaths People from Carabobo Venezuelan people of Spanish descent Venezuelan farmers

Hermógenes López cabinet (1887-1888)

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