Carlos Andrés Pérez
Carlos Andrés Pérez Rodríguez (October 27, 1922 – December 25, 2010) was a president of Venezuela. He was born in 1922, served twice as president in the early 1990s, and died in 2010.
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| President of the Republic of Venezuela | |
| In office 12 March 1974 – 12 March 1979 | |
| Preceded by | Rafael Caldera |
| Succeeded by | Luis Herrera Campins |
| In office 2 February 1989 – 20 May 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Jaime Lusinchi |
| Succeeded by | Octavio Lepage |
| Senator of the Republic of Venezuela For Life | |
| In office 12 February 1999 – 28 March 2000 | |
| In office 12 March 1974 – 2 February 1994 | |
| Vice President of the Socialist International | |
| In office 30 January 1976 – 30 January 1992 | |
| President | Willy Brandt |
| Minister of Home Affairs of Venezuela | |
| In office 12 March 1962 – 12 August 1963 | |
| President | Rómulo Betancourt |
| Preceded by | Luis Augusto Dubuc |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Mantilla |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Republic of Venezuela | |
| In office 5 January 1964 – 5 January 1968 | |
| Constituency | Táchira |
| In office 5 January 1958 – 2 February 1960 | |
| Constituency | Táchira |
| In office 5 January 1947 – 24 November 1948 | |
| Constituency | Táchira |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 October 1922 Rubio, Táchira, Venezuela |
| Died | 25 December 2010 (aged 88) Miami, Florida, United States |
| Political party | Acción Democrática |
| Spouse(s) | Blanca Rodriguez Cecilia Matos |
| Children | Sonia, Thais, Martha, Carlos Manuel, María de Los Ángeles, Carolina, María Francia y Cecilia Victoria. |
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Biography
changePérez was born on 27 October 1922 in Rubio, Venezuela. He went to school in Caracas, where he studied law. In 1948, he married Blanca Rodríguez, one of his cousins. During the same year, because he opposed a coup d'état, he was put in prison, but got out and left Venezuela. In 1958, Venezuala became a democracy, and Pérez became a part of the government led by Rómulo Betancourt.[1]
In 1973, Pérez became president of Venezuala. He left office in 1979, and soon after, Venezuala's economy went through a low period. In 1989, Pérez became president again. Soon after, he made government spending much smaller and made prices of goods like gasoline higher. There were many riots because of this.[1]
In 1992, there were two coups that tried but failed to remove Pérez from being president. In 1993, though, he was impeached because he was thought to have paid for bodyguards for Violeta Chamorro, who was a former president of Nicaragua. He went to prison after this for ten weeks. After prison he was put in house arrest for two years.[1]
After Hugo Chávez became president of Venezuala in 1998, Pérez went to the Dominican Republic. In 2003, he moved again, this time to the United States. While he was in the US, people in Venezuala tried to force him to return because he was wanted in connection with the riots his laws caused in 1989. He also married Cecilia Matos during this time.[1]
He died on 25 December 2010 in Miami at the age of 88. María Francia Pérez, his daughter, said that he had died of a heart attack.[1]