His grave was desecrated by thieves, who stole the marble and his remains
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Rómulo Gallegos
Rómulo Ángel del Monte Carmelo Gallegos Freire was a Venezuelan novelist and politician. In 1948, he became the first freely elected president in Venezuela's history. He was removed from power after only nine months by a military coup.
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culture · Venezuelan politician and writer (1884–1969) · writer · politician · novelist · journalist · also Rómulo Gallegos, Gallegos
Born 2 August 1884 · Died 7 April 1969 · Q311401
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1969· 1 entry
Died 1969-04-07.
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1961· 1 entry
Career landmark: senator for life (1961–1969).
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1960· 1 entry
Largely due to the efforts of Miguel Otero Silva and gained widespread support in Latin America, but ultimately lost out to Saint-John Perse
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1948· 2 entries
Career landmark: President of Venezuela (1948–1948).
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Became the first freely elected president in Venezuela's history
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1945· 1 entry
Rómulo Gallegos was involved in the coup d'état that brought Rómulo Betancourt and the "Revolutionary Government Junta" to power, in the period known as El Trienio Adeco
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1937· 1 entry
Was elected to Congress and, in 1940–41, served as Mayor of Caracas
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1936· 1 entry
And was appointed Minister of Public Education
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1929· 1 entry
And it was because of the book's criticisms of the regime of longtime dictator Juan Vicente Gómez that he was forced to flee the country
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1884· 1 entry
Born 1884-08-02.
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