Rómulo Betancourt

E89274

Venezuelan politician head of state human president of Venezuela statesman

Rómulo Betancourt was a Venezuelan politician and statesman, widely regarded as the "father of Venezuelan democracy" for leading the country’s transition from military rule to a stable democratic system in the mid-20th century.

Aliases (1)

Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Venezuelan politician → head of state → human → president of Venezuela → statesman →
awardReceived	Order of Merit of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella → Order of the Liberator →
birthDate	1908-02-22 →
birthPlace	Guatire, Miranda, Venezuela →
causeOfDeath	cardiovascular disease →
citizenship	Venezuela →
country	Venezuela →
deathDate	1981-09-28 →
deathPlace	New York City, New York, United States →
education	Central University of Venezuela →
era	20th century →
familyName	Betancourt →
founded	Acción Democrática →
givenName	Rómulo →
ideology	democratic socialism → social democracy →
influenced	Venezuelan democratic system →
languageSpoken	Spanish →
movement	Generation of 1928 →
name	Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello →
nationality	Venezuelan →
notableFor	being called the father of Venezuelan democracy → leading Venezuela’s transition from military rule to democracy →
notableWork	La revolución democrática en Venezuela → Venezuela, política y petróleo →
occupation	journalist → politician → writer →
opposed	military dictatorship in Venezuela →
politicalParty	Acción Democrática →
positionHeld	President of Acción Democrática → President of Venezuela → Provisional President of Venezuela →
precededBy	Edmundo Fernández → Wolfgang Larrazábal →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
spouse	Carmen Valverde NERFINISHED → Renée Hartmann →
succeededBy	Raúl Leoni → Rómulo Gallegos →
termEnd	1948-02-17 → 1964-03-13 →
termStart	1945-10-19 → 1959-02-13 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Rómulo Betancourt ("Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello") →	name
Lenin Peace Prize →	notableLaureate