Antonio Leocadio Guzmán | |
President: | José Tadeo Monagas |
Term Start: | 1847 |
Term End: | 1851 |
Predecessor: | Diego Bautista Urbaneja |
Successor: | Joaquín Herrera |
President2: | Juan Crisóstomo Falcón |
Term Start2: | 1863 |
Term End2: | 1868 |
Predecessor2: | Pedro Gual Escandón |
Successor2: | Office disestablished Eventually Isaías Rodríguez |
Order3: | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela |
Term Start3: | 31 October 1848 |
Term End3: | 5 February 1849 |
President3: | José Tadeo Monagas |
Term Start4: | 6 May 1870 |
Term End4: | 16 September 1872 |
President4: | Antonio Guzmán Blanco |
Birth Date: | 5 November 1801 |
Birth Place: | Caracas, Captaincy General of Venezuela, Viceroyalty of New Granada |
Death Date: | 13 November 1884 (aged 83) |
Death Place: | Caracas |
Party: | Liberal Party |
Antonio Leocadio Guzmán Águeda (Caracas, Venezuela, November 5, 1801 - November 13, 1884) was a Venezuelan politician, journalist, and military leader.[1] He was the father of Antonio Guzmán Blanco. He was the founder of the Liberal Party. From 1847 until 1851, he was the vice president of Venezuela, under president José Tadeo Monagas.
Antonio Leocadio Guzmán Águeda was born in Caracas on November 5, 1801. He was the son of Josefa Agueda Garcia and Antonio de Mata Guzmán, known as captain of the Queen battalion quartered in Caracas. In 1812 Guzman was sent to Spain by his father to avoid difficulties in Venezuela, where he was educated by liberal tutors in the Iberian Peninsula. He returned to Caracas in 1823.