Raúl Leoni

Raúl Leoni
President of Venezuela
In office
13 March 1964  11 March 1969
Preceded byRómulo Betancourt
Succeeded byRafael Caldera
Senator for life
In office
11 March 1969  5 July 1972
President of the Senate of Venezuela
In office
1959–1962
Preceded byCarlos R. Travieso
Succeeded byLuis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa
Minister of Labor of Venezuela
In office
1945–1948
Personal details
Born
Raúl Leoni Otero

(1905-04-26)26 April 1905
El Manteco, Bolívar State, Venezuela
Died5 July 1972(1972-07-05) (aged 67)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Political partyAcción Democrática
SpouseCarmen América Fernández
Children
  • Carmen Sofía Leoni
  • Luisana Leoni
  • Raúl Andrés Leoni
  • Lorena Mercedes Leoni
  • Álvaro Leoni
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Raúl Leoni Otero (26 April 1905 – 5 July 1972) was the president of Venezuela from 1964 until 1969. He was a member of the Generation of 1928 and a charter member of the Acción Democrática party, and the first Labor minister of Venezuela (during El Trienio Adeco, 1945–48).