Juan Crisóstomo Falcón

President of Venezuela

27 January 1820 Hato Tabe, Falcón, Venezuela

29 April 1870(1870-04-29) (50) Fort-de-France, Martinique

15 June 1863 – 25 April 1868

Juan Crisóstomo Falcón Zavarce (27 January 1820 – 29 April 1870) was President of Venezuela from 1863 to 1868. Member of the liberal Venezuelan Federalist Party, he first served as president of Venezuela as the supreme chief of a rebel movement in August 1859, but the rebellion was soon crushed. He served as the recognized president of Venezuela from 1863 to 1868, when a conservative revolution headed by General José Tadeo Monagas ended his term as president. Also, he was briefly overthrown in 1865. At the end of his presidential term, Falcón emigrated to Europe. He died in Martinique in 1870. The state of Falcón is named after him. Lapida de Juan Crisóstomo Falcón In 1863, under the presidency of Juan Crisóstomo Falcon Zavarce, Venezuela became the first country to abolish capital punishment for all crimes, including serious offenses against the state.