Isaías Medina Angarita

Isaías Medina Angarita
President of Venezuela
In office 5 May 1941 – 18 October 1945
Preceded by	Eleazar López Contreras
Succeeded by	Rómulo Betancourt
Personal details
Born	6 July 1897 San Cristóbal, Venezuela
Died	15 September 1953 (aged 56) Caracas, Venezuela
Political party	Venezuelan Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Irma Felizola
Religion	Roman Catholic

Isaías Medina Angarita (6 July 1897 – 15 September 1953) was a Venezuelan military and political leader, president of Venezuela from 1941 until 1945. He followed the path of his predecessor Eleazar López Contreras, and ruled the country's democratic transition process.

Medina was born in San Cristóbal, Venezuela, and graduated from the Military academy of Venezuela in 1914. ^[1] He served as War Minister from 1936 to 1941 under Contreras. In 1943, he founded the Venezuelan Democratic Party. Medina Angarita was the first Venezuelan president who traveled abroad. First, in 1943 to the Bolivarian countries, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Panama, and in January 1944, the United States invited by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The visit marked a milestone in the Venezuelan-US relations. Besides being the first time a Venezuelan president (in office) visited the United States, the time was made the journey was understood as an expression of the alliance of Venezuela with the Allies that fought the Axis. During the administration of Medina, Venezuela establishes relations with China in 1943 and the Soviet Union in 1945. Some in the Army considered his presidential regime too liberal while other political enemies accused him of being too conservative, and both sides were involved in a putsch to remove him from power on 18 October 1945. Medina died, aged 56, in Caracas.

Medina's cabinet (1941-1945)

Ministries[2] OFFICE NAME TERM President Isaías Medina Angarita 1941–1945 Home Affairs Tulio Chiossone 1941–1942   César González 1942–1943   Juan Penzini Hernández 1943   José Nicomedes Rivas 1943–1945   Arturo Uslar Pietri 1945 Outer Relations Caracciolo Parra Pérez 1941–1945   Gustavo Herrera 1945 Finance Alfredo Machado Hernández 1941–1943   Arturo Uslar Pietri 1943   Rodolfo Rojas 1943–1945   Alfonso Espinoza 1945 War and Navy Antonio Chalbaud Cardona 1941–1942   Juan de Dios Celis Paredes 1942–1943   Carlos Meyer 1943   Manuel Morán 1943–1945   Delfín Becerra 1945 Development Enrique Jorge Aguerrevere 1941–1942   Eugenio Mendoza 1942–1943   Gustavo Herrera 1943–1945   Juan de Dios Celis Paredes 1945 Public Works Manuel Silveira 1941–1945 Education Alejandro Fuenmayor 1941   Gustavo Herrera 1941–1943   Rafael Vegas 1943–1945 Work and Communications Numa Quevedo 1941   Ovidio Pérez Ágreda 1941–1942   Héctor Cuenca 1942–1943   Julio Diez 1943–1945 Agriculture Severio Barbarito 1941   Rodolfo Rojas 1941–1943   Ángel Biagini 1943–1945 Health and Social Assistance Félix Lairet 1941–1945 Secretary of the Presidency Arturo Uslar Pietri 1941–1943   Ángel Biagini 1943   Arturo Uslar Pietri 1943   Pedro Sotillo 1943–1945

Personal life

Isaías Medina Angarita was married to Irma Felizola, who served as First Lady of Venezuela from 1941–1945.

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  Irma Felizola

See also

• Venezuela
• Presidents of Venezuela

References

1. Short Bio
2. Gaceta Oficial de Venezuela, period 1941-1945.

• (Spanish) Isaías Medina Angarita — Venezuelatuya.com
• (Spanish) Isaías Medina Angarita