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| Affiliation | Independent |
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| Name | Édgar Sanabria Arcia |
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October 03, 1911
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| Died | April 24, 1989
(77 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Thomas Walker
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| Info | Edgar Sanabria was a lawyer and President of Venezuela as interim caretaker in 1959. He was born in Caracas, October 3, 1911, and dies in Caracas, April 24, 1989, Lawyer, diplomat, politician, was member of the provisional Governing body who took the power after the overthrow of Marcos Pérez Jiménez, in January 23, 1958.
He studied in the school of the French Parents, the Institute San Pablo and in the Caracas Grammar school (later red-baptize like the Andrés Bello grammar school), where he graduateds like bachelor in 1928. After this he entered in the Central University of Venezuela, where he attended right and graduateds like doctor in political sciences in 1935, obtaining the following year the title of professor in the Pedagogical Institute of Caracas. Between 1936 and 1941, he exerted teaching in the grammar school Andrés Bello and the Normal school of Caracas. Also in the period between 1936 and 1958, he occupied the chairs of Civil Right and Right and its History, in the Central University of Venezuela, was also assistant director of the National Library (1936-1940), in 1941 is ordered to the General Consulate of Venezuela in New York, and legal consultant of the ministry of outer relations, and the ministry of property and promotion (1942-1943). Director of the Ministry of Education (1944), was vocal member of the Council of the Faculty of Right of the Central University of Venezuela, being also professor of Roman right in the Andrés Bello Catholic University (1955-1959), as well in the Santa Maria University (1953-1956) and of history of the right in the Cooperation School of the Armed Forces.
After the fall of the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez, was named secretary of the Governing body, Sanabria replace Wolfgang Larrazábal like president. During the short time that corresponded him to preside the Governing body, he put in execution the Law of Complementary Tax and the Law of Universities, in which the statute of the university autonomy is recovered. Also as president of the Governing body was called to give the power to the elected candidate, in the presidential elections of 1958, Rómulo Betancourt.
After this he held diverse positions in the Venezuelan diplomatic body, being ambassador of Venezuela before the Vatican city (1959-1963), ambassador of Venezuela in Switzerland (1964-1968), Austria (1968-1970), and finally ambassador ad honórem in the ministry of outer relations. Like recognition of the important intellectual work that he developed, in 1940 was selected individual of number of the Venezuelan Academy of the Language, in 1946 of the Academy of Political Sciences and, in 1963 of the National Academy of History.
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