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Cristóbal Mendoza

1772 - 1829

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José Cristóbal Hurtado de Mendoza y Montilla (23 June 1772 – 8 February 1829), commonly known as Cristóbal Mendoza, was a Venezuelan lawyer, politician, writer, and academic. Cristobal is best known for serving as the first official President of Venezuela from 1811 to 1812. After earning a master's degree in philosophy in Caracas and his doctor utriusque juris (Doctor of Canon and Civil Law) in the Dominican Republic, early in his professional career he served in various law firms in Trujillo, Mérida, and Caracas. He moved to Barinas in 1796 to practice law, and in 1807 was elected Mayor of Barinas. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cristóbal Mendoza is the 11,965th most popular politician (down from 11,757th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Venezuela (up from 36th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Venezuelan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cristóbal Mendoza ranks 11,965 out of 19,576. Before him are Fernando Tambroni, Puzur-Inshushinak, Bebiankh, Cornelis Lely, Gudit, and Lucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus. After him are Len Blavatnik, Francesco Molin, Lucius Caecilius Metellus, Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, Yi Jun-yong, and Manuela Carmena.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1772, Cristóbal Mendoza ranks 37. Before him are Miguel Ricardo de Álava, Luke Howard, Solomon II of Imereti, Friedrich Gilly, Manuel José Quintana, and Karl Friedrich von Gaertner. After him are Martha Jefferson Randolph, Hồ Xuân Hương, Vicente López Portaña, Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, Frans Michael Franzén, and William H. Crawford. Among people deceased in 1829, Cristóbal Mendoza ranks 35. Before him are Juan Ignacio Molina, Anouvong, Matsudaira Sadanobu, Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth, Nikolay Raevsky, and George Dawe. After him are Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Adam Müller, Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros, Wojciech Bogusławski, Richard Anthony Salisbury, and Francis Buchanan-Hamilton.

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In Venezuela

Among people born in Venezuela, Cristóbal Mendoza ranks 34 out of 183. Before him are Rafael de Nogales Méndez (1879), Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo (1944), Jaime Lusinchi (1924), Antonio Guzmán Blanco (1829), Eleazar López Contreras (1883), and Raúl Leoni (1905). After him are Édgar Ramírez (1977), Carlos Delgado Chalbaud (1909), José María Vargas (1786), Luis Herrera Campins (1925), Patricia Velásquez (1971), and Wolfgang Larrazábal (1911).

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Among POLITICIANS In Venezuela

Among politicians born in Venezuela, Cristóbal Mendoza ranks 20. Before him are Rafael Urdaneta (1788), Cipriano Castro (1858), Jaime Lusinchi (1924), Antonio Guzmán Blanco (1829), Eleazar López Contreras (1883), and Raúl Leoni (1905). After him are Carlos Delgado Chalbaud (1909), José María Vargas (1786), Luis Herrera Campins (1925), Wolfgang Larrazábal (1911), Pedro Carmona (1941), and Octavio Lepage (1923).

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