Conservative Party (Venezuela) Explained

Conservative Party
Native Name:	Spanish; Castilian: Partido Conservador
Leader1 Title:	Leader(s)
Leader1 Name:	José Antonio Páez José María Vargas Andrés Narvarte Carlos Soublette
Ideology:	Conservatism Centralization Manchesterism Liberal legalism^[1]
Colours:	Crimson
Country:	Venezuela

The Conservative Party (Spanish; Castilian: Partido Conservador, PC) was a political party in Venezuela, founded in 1830. It was the rival of the Liberal Party.

History

The party very successfully promoted conservative policies during the early days of the Republic. Several of the early presidents of the country were members of the Conservative Party.

List of presidents

№^[2]	Portrait			State	Term of office	Term^[3]
1			José Antonio Páez	Portuguesa	13 January 1830–20 January 1835	1
2			Andrés Narvarte	Vargas	20 January 1835–9 February 1835
3			José María Vargas	Vargas	9 February 1835–9 July 1835	2
4			José María Carreño	Miranda	27 July 1835–20 August 1835
(3)			José María Vargas	Vargas	20 August 1835–24 April 1836
(2)			Andrés Narvarte	Vargas	24 April 1836–20 January 1837
(4)			José María Carreño	Miranda	27 January 1837–11 March 1837
5			Carlos Soublette	Vargas	11 March 1837–1 February 1839
(1)			José Antonio Páez	Portuguesa	1 February 1839–28 January 1843	3
(5)			Carlos Soublette	Vargas	28 January 1843–20 January 1847	4
6			José Tadeo Monagas	Monagas	20 January 1847–5 February 1851	5

United States of Venezuela

See also

• Federal War
• Dios y Federación
• Liberalism and conservatism in Latin America

Notes and References

1. Web site: Partidos políticos. Historia de Venezuela para nosotros. https://web.archive.org/web/20080127150305/http://www.fundacionempresaspolar.org/nosotros/educacional/instituc/partpoli.html. dead. January 27, 2008. Fundación Empresas Polar. January 27, 2008.
2. For the purposes of numbering, a presidency is defined as an uninterrupted period of time in office served by one person. For example, Carlos Soublette was both the 8th and 10th President because the two periods where he was president were not consecutive. A period during which a vice-president temporarily becomes acting president under the Constitution is not a presidency, because the president remains in office during such a period.
3. For the purposes of numbering, a term is a period between two presidential elections. Some terms might be longer than originally expected due to coup d'états or the installation of military dictatorships, thus extending the time between two elections. Venezuela's unique history has allowed several presidents to serve during a single term, as well as some presidents, such as Jose Maria Vargas, serving twice during a single term.