Juan Crisóstomo Gómez

Juan Crisóstomo Gómez
Juan Crisóstomo Gómez.
Vice President of Venezuela
In office 1922–1923
Personal details
Born	1860 Táchira, Venezuela
Died	1923 Caracas, Venezuela

Juan Crisóstomo Gómez (La Mulera, Táchira, 1860 – Caracas, June 30, 1923) was a Venezuelan politician who served as President of Miranda, Governor of Caracas, and Vice President of Venezuela until his assassination [es] in 1923.^[1] He was brother of Juan Vicente Gómez, dictator of Venezuela.

Political career

In 1908, Juan Crisóstomo Gómez was appointed President of Miranda.^[2]

In 1915, he was appointed Governor of Caracas.^[2] In 1922, he requested that Congress enact a constitutional reform to reinstate the positions of First and Second Vice President. This request was approved, and Juan Vicente Gómez was appointed as president and Juan Crisóstomo Gómez as First Vice President for the 1922–1929 term. It has been alleged that this led to a rivalry with his nephew, José Vicente Gómez Bello [es], the Second Vice President.^[3]

Assassination

On June 30, 1923, Juan Crisóstomo was stabbed to death in his room at the Miraflores Palace. Following the assassination [es], Francisco Pimentel [es] and Leoncio Martínez [es] were arrested but later released. After numerous investigations into the case conducted by Judge Horacio Chacón and Governor Acelio Hidalgo, Captain Isidro Barrientos was identified as the perpetrator. Judge Horacio Chacón sentenced them to 20 years in La Rotunda [es] prison.^[1]

References

1. Padua, Luis Alberto Perozo (2022-11-19). "Juancho Gómez fue asesinado en el Palacio de Miraflores". El Impulso (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-18.
2. Ramón J. Velásquez. "Gómez, Juan Crisóstomo". Fundación Empresas Polar (in Spanish). Diccionario de Historia de Venezuela.
3. "La extraña muerte de Juanchito y el revisionismo histórico Escrito por Rafael Agustín Pinto Prada". Academia de la Historia del Estado Carabobo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-19.