Isaías Medina Angarita

President of Venezuela (1897-1953)

Isaías Medina Angarita (6 July 1897 – 15 September 1953) was a Venezuelan military and political leader, the President of Venezuela from 1941 until 1945, during World War II.

He followed the path of his predecessor Eleazar López Contreras, and ruled the country's democratic transition process.