Francisco Espejo

Francisco Espejo
2nd President of the First Republic of Venezuela
In office
March 21, 1812 – April 3, 1812
Preceded byCristobal Mendoza
Succeeded byFrancisco de Miranda
Personal details
Born(1758-04-16)16 April 1758
Siquire, Venezuela Province, Viceroyalty of New Granada, Spanish Empire (now in Miranda, Venezuela)
Died15 July 1814(1814-07-15) (aged 56)
Valencia, Captaincy General of Venezuela, Spanish Empire (now in Carabobo State, Venezuela)
ProfessionLawyer
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Francisco Silvestre Espejo Camaño (Siquire, Miranda State, April 16, 1758 – Valencia, Carabobo State, July 15, 1814), was a Venezuelan lawyer who briefly served as the President of Venezuela in 1812[1] and fought for the republican cause during the Venezuelan War of Independence. His parents were Francisco Espejo and Bárbara Caamaño y Bermúdez.

He was executed by firing squad in 1814.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Silvestre Espejo, Francisco". banrepcultural.org. Banco de la República. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  2. ^ Marley, David F. (2008). Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the Western Hemisphere, 1492 to the Present. Abc-Clio. ISBN 9781598841008.
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