1958 Venezuelan coup d'état

1958 Venezuelan coup d'état
Date	23 January 1958
Location	Venezuela
Result	Coup successful; Democracy restored; Transition government created by Wolfgang Larrazábal and Edgar Sanabria; Venezuelan 1958 elections; Puntofijo Pact;
Belligerents
Government of Venezuela	Patriotic Junta; Democratic Action; Copei; Communist Party; Democratic Republican Union
Commanders and leaders
Marcos Pérez Jiménez; Pedro Estrada	Wolfgang Larrazábal; Silvestre Ortiz Bucarán; Fabricio Ojeda; Enrique Aristeguieta Gramcko; Guillermo García Ponce

The 1958 Venezuelan coup d'état took place on 23 January 1958, when the dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez was overthrown.

A transition government under first Adm. Wolfgang Larrazábal and then Edgar Sanabria was put in place until December 1958 elections saw Democratic Action candidate Rómulo Betancourt elected and take office on 13 February 1959.

One of Caracas' neighbourhoods, Barrio 23 de Enero (23 January neighbourhood), is named for the event.

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