Eleazar López Contreras, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eleazar López Contreras

President of Venezuela (1934–1941)

Date of Birth: 05-May-1883

Place of Birth: Táchira, Venezuela

Date of Death: 02-Jan-1973

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: Venezuela

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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, López Contreras accepted on behalf of Venezuela the ships Koenigstein and Caribia which had fled with Jews from Germany.