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Rómulo Gallegos
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Rómulo Betancourt
- Succeeded by
- Carlos Delgado Chalbaud
- Born
- Rómulo Ángel del Monte Carmelo Gallegos Freire , ( 1884-08-02 ) 2 August 1884, Caracas , Venezuela
- Died
- 5 April 1969 (1969-04-05) (aged 84), Caracas, Venezuela
- Party
- Acción Democrática
- Spouse
- Teotiste Arocha Egui (1888–1950)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Venezuela
- Place of birth
- Caracas
- Place of death
- Caracas
- Occupation
- journalist
- Position held
- senator for life
- Educated at
- Central University of Venezuela
- Political party
- Democratic Action
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Image
- Rómulo Gallegos.jpg
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- Commons category
- Rómulo Gallegos
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- date of birth
- 1884-08-02
- date of death
- 1969-04-05
- member of
- Academia Venezolana de la Lengua
- Commons gallery
- Rómulo Gallegos
- place of burial
- National Pantheon
- name in native language
- Rómulo Gallegos
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Encyclopedic overview
Rómulo Ángel del Monte Carmelo Gallegos Freire (2 August 1884 – 5 April 1969) was a Venezuelan novelist and politician. In 1948, he became the first freely elected president in Venezuela's history. He was removed from power after only nine months by a military coup.
Rómulo Gallegos is considered the most important Venezuelan novelist of the 20th century and a prominent figure in Latin American literature.
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