Eleazar López Contreras

Eleazar López Contreras
President of Venezuela
In office 18 December 1935 – 5 May 1941
Preceded by	Juan Vicente Gómez
Succeeded by	Isaías Medina Angarita
Senator for life
In office 23 January 1961 – 2 January 1973
Personal details
Born	(1883-05-05)5 May 1883 Queniquea, Táchira, Venezuela
Died	2 January 1973(1973-01-02) (aged 89) Caracas, Venezuela
Spouse(s)	Luz María Wolhmar Luisa Elena Mijares María Teresa Núñez Tovar
Children	(all with L. M. Wolhmar) Blanca Rosa Eleazar Cristina Cecilia Fernando Margarita
Profession	General
Religion	Catholicism
Signature
Military service
Service/branch	Army of Cipriano Castro Army of Venezuela
Years of service	1899-1941
Rank	Vice Commander (final)
Commands	Libertador Battalion Carabobo Battalion Army of Venezuela
Battles/wars	Batalla de La Victoria Batalla del Tocuyito

José Eleazar López Contreras (5 May 1883 – 2 January 1973) was President of Venezuela between 1935 and 1941. He was an army general and one of Juan Vicente Gómez's collaborators, serving as his War Minister from 1931. In 1939, Contreras accepted on behalf of Venezuela the ships Koenigstein and Caribia which had fled with Jews from Germany.

Eleazar López Contreras was married to María Teresa Núñez Tovar, who served as First Lady of Venezuela from 1936–1941,

María Teresa Núñez Tovar

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