José Antonio Páez

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Gender: M
Ethnic origin: Mulatto/a

Biographical details

Born in 1790, he is described by O’Leary as "a man of colour. His parents most miserably poor." Yet, “the most extraordinary” of the greatest men produced by the South American Revolution. (Humphreys, 12, 37)

He married Dominga Ortiz.

Lynch describes his relationship with Bolívar as "uneasy". He became President of Venezuela in 1830 after taking Venezuela out of Gran Colombia. He died in 1873. (Lynch, xx)

Life Events

Born	1790
Other	1830	He became the first president of independent Venezuela.
Died	1873

References

Humphreys, R. A., (1969), The ´Detached Recollections' of General D. F. O'Leary

Lynch, John, (1986), The Spanish American Revolutions 1808-1826

Publications
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Links
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Resource id #31 (8)

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