Carlos Delgado Chalbaud

President of Venezuela

20 January 1909 Caracas

13 November 1950(1950-11-13) (41) Caracas

24 November 1948 – 13 November 1950

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Delgado Chalbaud and the second or maternal family name is Gómez. Carlos Román Delgado Chalbaud Gómez (20 January 1909 – 13 November 1950) was a Venezuelan career military officer. He was the President of Venezuela from 1948 to 1950 as leader of a military junta. In 1945, he was one of the high-ranking officers who brought to power the Democratic Action party by a coup d'état. In 1948, as a Minister of Defence, he led another military coup and lingered as the President until his assassination in Caracas.