Santiago Mariño
Santiago Mariño | |
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Portrait of Santiago Mariño
by painter Martín Tovar y Tovar, oil on canvas, 1874 | |
| Born | 25 July 1788 Island of Margarita, Captaincy General of Venezuela, Spanish Empire |
| Died | 4 September 1854 (aged 66) La Victoria, Aragua, State of Venezuela |
| Allegiance | Venezuelan republicans |
| Rank | Chief of the General Staff |
| Battles / wars | Battle of Bocachica Battle of Carabobo |
| Other work | Ministry of War and Navy (1830s) |
Santiago Mariño Carige Fitzgerald (25 July 1788 in Valle Espíritu Santo, Margarita – 4 September 1854 in La Victoria, Aragua), was a nineteenth-century Venezuelan revolutionary leader and hero in the Venezuelan War of Independence (1811–1823). He became an important leader of eastern Venezuela and for a short while in 1835 seized power over the new state of Venezuela.