José María Carreño
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Jose Maria Carreño Blanco (19 March 1792 in Cúa – 18 May 1849 in
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) was a Venezuelan politician and military person. He was vice-president in the government of José María Vargas, and provisional
president of Venezuela The president of Venezuela ( es, Presidente de Venezuela), officially known as the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, Presidente de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is the head of state and head of government in Ven ...
as interim caretaker in 1837.


Biography

Jose Maria Carreño lent his shirt to
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, right after his death. There is little information about Carreño Blanco. On 20 January 1837, in agreement with the constitution, concluded the period of
Andrés Narvarte Andrés Narvarte Pimentel (1781–March 31, 1853) was the president of Venezuela as interim caretaker (1836–1837). Biography First Period (1835) As Vice President of the Republic, Andrés Navarte assumed executive power between 20 January 1835 ...
, being designated as president of Venezuela. Jose Maria Carreño, in his position of vice-president of the Government Council, exerted his functions with the collaboration of Felipe Fermín Paul, the Minister of the Interior, José Felix Blanco in the War and Navy Ministry, and Manuel Maria Echeandía in Outer Relations. On 11 March 1837,
Carlos Soublette Carlos Valentín José de la Soledad Antonio del Sacramento de Soublette y Jerez de Aristeguieta (15 December 1789 – 11 February 1870) was the president of Venezuela The president of Venezuela ( es, Presidente de Venezuela), officially ...
was designated vice-president of Venezuela, and on 10 April, of that year, assumed the presidency of the Republic, a position that Soublette carried out until concluding the constitutional period that Vargas initiated in 1835. José María Carreño was a Mason in the 3rd degree. Carreño died on 18 May 1849 in Caracas, Venezuela.


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List of presidents of Venezuela Under the Venezuelan Constitution, the president of Venezuela is the head of state and head of government of Venezuela. As chief of the executive branch and face of the government as a whole, the presidency is the highest political office in th ...


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carreno, Jose Maria Presidents of Venezuela Venezuelan soldiers 1792 births 1849 deaths People from Cúa Venezuelan people of Spanish descent Burials at the National Pantheon of Venezuela