Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Marcos Pérez Jiménez was a Venezuelan politician. He was born on April 25, 1914 in Michelena. He studied military. In 1945, he participated in a coup and became Minister of Defence. He was president of Venezuela from 1952 till 1958. He died on September 20, 2001 in Madrid, Spain See also: History of Venezuela, Politics of Venezuela, Venezuela This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.