Francisco Espejo | |
Order: | 2nd President of the First Republic of Venezuela |
Term Start: | March 21, 1812 |
Term End: | April 3, 1812 |
Predecessor: | Cristobal Mendoza |
Successor: | Francisco de Miranda |
Birth Date: | 16 April 1758 |
Birth Place: | Siquire, Venezuela Province, Viceroyalty of New Granada, Spanish Empire (now in Miranda, Venezuela) |
Death Place: | Valencia, Captaincy General of Venezuela, Spanish Empire (now in Carabobo State, Venezuela) |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Signature: | Francisco Espejo signature.jpg |
Francisco Silvestre Espejo Camaño (Siquire, Miranda State, April 16, 1758 – Valencia, Carabobo State, July 15, 1814), was a Venezuelan lawyer who briefly served as the President of Venezuela in 1812[1] and fought for the republican cause during the Venezuelan War of Independence. His parents were Francisco Espejo and Bárbara Caamaño y Bermúdez.
He was executed by firing squad in 1814.[2]