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 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.