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3 unusual facts about Marcos Pérez Jiménez


Marcos Pérez Jiménez

Pérez had four daughters with his wife, Flor Chalbaud, and one daughter with Marita Lorenz.

He died in Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain, at the age of 87 on September 20, 2001.

Marcos Evangelista Pérez Jiménez (Michelena, Táchira, April 25, 1914 – Alcobendas, Spain, September 20, 2001) was a Venezuelan military and general officer of the Army of Venezuela and the President of Venezuela from 1952 to 1958.


Cuerpo Tecnico de Policia Judicial

The police's central role in judicial investigation in Venezuela can be traced back to the security forces of Juan Vicente Gómez, via the Seguridad Nacional of Marcos Pérez Jiménez.

Juan Oropeza

He took up Paris as his permanent residence during the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez, where he befriended such personalities as poet Paul Éluard, writers Jorge Luis Borges, Nicolás Guillén, Miguel Ángel Asturias and painters Salvador Dalí, Marie Laurencin and Pablo Picasso.


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