Eleazar López Contreras
President of Venezuela
Died when: 89 years 242 days (1075 months)Star Sign: Taurus
José Eleazar López Contreras (5 May 1883 – 2 January 1973) was the president of Venezuela between 1935 and 1941.He was an army general and one of Juan Vicente Gómez's collaborators, serving as his War Minister from 1931.
In 1939, López Contreras accepted on behalf of Venezuela the ships Koenigstein and Caribiawhich had fled with Jews from Germany.
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