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1945 Venezuelan coup d'état
| 1945 Venezuelan coup d'état | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Members of the Revolutionary Government Junta, from left to right: Mario Ricardo Vargas, Raúl Leoni, Valmore Rodríguez, Rómulo Betancourt, Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, Edmundo Fernández and Gonzalo Barrios. Miraflores Palace, 1945 | |||
| Date18 October 1945LocationVenezuelaStatus | |||
| Isaías Medina removed from powerProvisional junta led by Romulo Betancourt formedStart of Trienio Adeco | 18 October 1945 | Venezuela | Isaías Medina removed from powerProvisional junta led by Romulo Betancourt formedStart of Trienio Adeco |
| 18 October 1945 | |||
| Venezuela | |||
| Isaías Medina removed from powerProvisional junta led by Romulo Betancourt formedStart of Trienio Adeco | |||
| Venezuelan opposition | Venezuelan government | ||
| Rómulo Betancourt Carlos Delgado Chalbaud Marcos Pérez Jiménez | Isaías Medina Angarita | ||
| 65 deaths |
Conflict between government loyalists and opponents during the coup
The 1945 Venezuelan coup d'état took place on 18 October 1945, when the president Isaías Medina Angarita was overthrown by a combination of a military rebellion and a popular movement led by Democratic Action. The Medina government discovered the conspiracy by the military to overthrow Medina and arrested Marcos Pérez Jiménez. The arrest triggered a popular revolt, leading Medina to give up power.
The coup led to a three-year period of government known as El Trienio Adeco, which saw the first participant presidential elections in Venezuelan history, beginning with the 1946 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election. The 1947 Venezuelan general election saw Democratic Action formally elected to office (with Rómulo Gallegos as president, replacing interim President Rómulo Betancourt), but it was removed from office shortly after in the 1948 Venezuelan coup d'état.
- History of Venezuela (1948–1958)
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