Francisco Espejo

Francisco Espejo
Francisco Espejo
2nd President of the First Republic of Venezuela
	In office; March 21, 1812 – April 3, 1812
Preceded by	Cristobal Mendoza
Succeeded by	Francisco de Miranda
Personal details
Born	16 April 1758; Siquire, Venezuela Province, Viceroyalty of New Granada, Spanish Empire (now in Miranda, Venezuela)
Died	15 July 1814 (aged 56); Valencia, Captaincy General of Venezuela, Spanish Empire (now in Carabobo State, Venezuela)
Profession	Lawyer
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Preceded byCristobal Mendoza

Succeeded byFrancisco de Miranda

Born16 April 1758

Siquire, Venezuela Province, Viceroyalty of New Granada, Spanish Empire (now in Miranda, Venezuela)

Died15 July 1814 (aged 56)

Valencia, Captaincy General of Venezuela, Spanish Empire (now in Carabobo State, Venezuela)

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^[1] 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.^[2]

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United States of Venezuela	Falcón Bruzual Villegas J. R. Monagas Villegas Guzmán Linares 1877–1878 Valera Guzmán Crespo 1884–1886 Guzmán H. López Rojas 1888–1890 Andueza 1890–1892 Villegas Villegas Pulido Crespo Andrade 1898–1899 C. Castro 1899–1908 Gómez 1908–1935 Gil Fortoul Márquez Gómez J. Pérez Gómez López Contreras Medina Betancourt Gallegos 1948 Delgado Chalbaud Suárez Flamerich
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Francisco Espejo


2nd President of the First Republic of Venezuela
In office March 21, 1812 – April 3, 1812
Preceded by	Cristobal Mendoza
Succeeded by	Francisco de Miranda

Personal details
Born	(1758-04-16)16 April 1758 Siquire, Venezuela Province, Viceroyalty of New Granada, Spanish Empire (now in Miranda, Venezuela)
Died	15 July 1814(1814-07-15) (aged 56) Valencia, Captaincy General of Venezuela, Spanish Empire (now in Carabobo State, Venezuela)
Profession	Lawyer
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