1936 Venezuelan presidential election

none Venezuela presidential 25 April 1936 1931 Venezuelan general election 1931 1941 Venezuelan presidential election 1941 Eleazar López Contreras.jpg Eleazar López Contreras Independent 121 99.18% Néstor Luis Pérez Luzardo.jpg Néstor Luis Pérez es Independent 1 0.82% President Eleazar López Contreras(Provisional) Independent politician Eleazar López Contreras Independent politician Presidential elections were held in Venezuela on 28 April 1936 to elect the successor of the deceased Juan Vicente Gómez. The new president was elected by members of the Congress of Venezuela, with Eleazar López Contreras receiving 121 of the 122 votes to be elected as president for the 1936–1943 constitutional period. Background thumb|left|Juan Vicente Gómez (left) and Eleazar López Contreras (right) in Maracay, 1934. thumb|right|Cabinet of López Contreras, 1936. General Juan Vicente Gómez, who had ruled Venezuela as president intermittently since 19 December 1908, died on 17 December 1935.Hace 80 años murió el general Juan Vicente Gómez https://www.panorama.com.ve/ciudad/Hace-80-anos-murio-el-general-Juan-Vicente-Gomez-20151217-0028.html 27 April 2019 Spanish Diario Panorama 17 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20190427225806/https://www.panorama.com.ve/ciudad/Hace-80-anos-murio-el-general-Juan-Vicente-Gomez-20151217-0028.html 27 April 2019 dead Although ruled the country in authoritarian manner, Gómez also achieved national modernization in different areas: He created the country's first airliner (Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela), commissioned the construction of the first Venezuelan airports, building of bridges, customs buildings, the first passenger terminals of extra-urban bus lines, as well as the famous Transandean Highway. Gómez also modernized, professionalized and institutionalized the National Armed Forces, which still retains the Gomezist structure.Ochoa Fernando Sin institucionalidad militar http://www.eluniversal.com/opinion/090906/sin-institucionalidad-militar 27 April 2019 Spanish El Universal 6 September 2009 After the death of Gómez, the Minister of War and Navy, General Eleazar López Contreras, managed to quell a conspiracy of the Gómez's family members to obtain and perpetuate themselves in power, for which the Cabinet of Venezuela appointed him as provisional president until the holding of elections.Fernández Américo La muerte de Juan Vicente Gómez http://cronologiadevenezuela.blogspot.com/2013/05/la-muerte-de-juan-vicente-gomez.html 27 April 2019 Spanish Cronología de Venezuela 10 May 2013 Candidates For these elections, the presidential candidates were the following: Eleazar López Contreras, military officer and politician from Queniquea, who had served as Minister of War and Navy under Gómez since 1931 and provisional president since 1935, period in which a process of democratic transition began in Venezuela. Néstor Luis Pérez es, lawyer and politician from Maracaibo, activist opposed to the Gómez's government, who was also imprisoned in the San Carlos Prison.http://bibliofep.fundacionempresaspolar.org/media/1280139/vsxx_l3_6_convivencia_y_controversias_5_t.pdf Los votos y sus cuentas Bunimov Boris 3 July 2018 Results Eleazar López Contreras 121 Néstor Luis Pérez es 1 122 123 Bunimov References President Venezuela Category:Presidential elections in Venezuela Category:Indirect presidential elections Venezuela