of Venezuela. However, Gallegos was overthrown on November 24 by the same military leaders who led the 1945 coup. In 1948, Flamerich was named adviser to the Military Junta (1948). He later served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs in 1949 and ambassador to Peru in 1950. On 27 November 1950, he was called to serve as president after the incumbent, Colonel Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, was assassinated. Although Flamerich was the nominal head of the government junta, real power was understood to be exercised by the Defense Minister, junta member Marcos Pérez Jiménez. When initial results of the 1952 Constituent Assembly elections had the opposition well on its way to victory, the junta halted the count for three days and then released results showing the pro-government bloc with a majority. The junta dissolved itself and handed power to the military, which installed Pérez Jiménez as provisional president; he was confirmed as president a few months later by the Constituent Assembly. Flamerich went into exile for many years afterward. He later returned to Venezuela and worked as a lawyer. He died in Caracas on 24 June 1990. Personal life Flamerich was married to Rosario Pérez Carreño, who served as First Lady of Venezuela from 1950–1952, See also Presidents of Venezuela List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela References Sources Germán Suárez Flamerich — Venezuelatuya.com. Germán Suárez Flamerich External links 1907 births 1990 deaths Politicians from Caracas Venezuelan people of Spanish descent Presidents of Venezuela Venezuelan Ministers of Foreign Affairs Members of the Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies Central University of Venezuela alumni Central University of Venezuela faculty 20th-century Venezuelan lawyers Prisoners and detainees of Venezuela Venezuelan political scientists Generation of 1928 20th-century political scientists