Octavio Lepage
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President of Venezuela Acting |
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In office 21 May 1993 – 5 June 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Carlos Andrés Pérez |
| Succeeded by | Ramón José Velásquez |
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In office 2 February 1984 – 31 August 1986 |
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| President | Jaime Lusinchi |
| Preceded by | Luciano Valero |
| Succeeded by | José Ángel Ciliberto |
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In office 23 January 1975 – 23 August 1978 |
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| President | Carlos Andrés Pérez |
| Preceded by | Luis Piñerúa Ordaz |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Mantilla |
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Octavio Lepage Barreto 24 November 1923 Santa Rosa, Anzoátegui, Venezuela |
| Died | 6 January 2017 (aged 93) Caracas, Venezuela |
| Political party | Acción Democrática |
| Spouse(s) | Verónica Peñalver |
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Octavio Lepage Barreto (24 November 1923 – 6 January 2017) was a Venezuelan politician who served as Acting President of Venezuela from 21 May 1993 to 5 June 1993.
Lepage was a member of the student movement of the political party Acción Democrática (AD) at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), being designated in 1945 as Secretary in the Executive Committee of AD in Caracas. He graduated from UCV with a degree in law in 1947, and in 1948 he was elected as the deputy for Anzoátegui to the National Congress. In November of that year, he was elected Secretary General of AD, but did not take the position due to the suppression of political parties following the overthrow of Rómulo Gallegos.
Lepage was the First Secretary of Acción Democrática while it operated clandestinely from January to September 1949, when he was succeeded by Leonardo Ruiz Pineda. Lepage also was part of the Secretariat of Organization of the party. In July 1950, he was arrested by the Seguridad Nacional (National Security) and imprisoned in San Juan de los Morros. Upon being released in July 1954, he was expelled from the country, and in exile was a member of the coordinating foreign committee.
Returning from exile, Lepage was elected deputy for Anzoátegui in 1959. In 1964 he was appointed as ambassador to Belgium. He served there until 1965, when he returned to Venezuela to assume the General Secretariat of Acción Democrática. In the 1973 elections he was elected to the Venezuelan Senate for Miranda and in 1975 he was designated by President Carlos Andrés Pérez as Minister of Interior, being appointed again during the administration of Jaime Lusinchi. Lusinchi wanted Lepage to be the AD candidate in the Venezuelan presidential election, 1988, but in a primary election the party chose Carlos Andrés Pérez.
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