Pedro Gual Escandón

For other uses, see Gual (disambiguation).

Pedro Gual
President of Venezuela
In office 15 March 1858 – 18 March 1858
Preceded by	José Tadeo Monagas
Succeeded by	Julián Castro
President of Venezuela
In office 2 August 1859 – 29 September 1859
Preceded by	Julián Castro
Succeeded by	Manuel Felipe de Tovar
President of Venezuela
In office 20 May 1861 – 29 August 1861
Preceded by	Manuel Felipe de Tovar
Succeeded by	José Antonio Páez
1st Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Colombia
In office 7 October 1821 – 17 September 1825
President	Simón Bolívar
Preceded by	*Office created
Succeeded by	José Rafael Revenga y Hernández
Personal details
Born	(1783-01-17)17 January 1783 Caracas, Venezuela
Died	Guayaquil, Ecuador
Political party	Conservative Party
Spouse(s)	Rosa María Domínguez
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Pedro José Ramón Gual (Caracas, Venezuela, 17 January 1783 – Guayaquil, Ecuador, 6 May 1862), was a Venezuelan lawyer, politician, journalist and diplomat. In 1824 as chancellor of Great Colombia he negotiated with the U.S. diplomat Richard Clough Anderson and concluded the Anderson–Gual Treaty, the first bilateral treaty that the U.S. signed with another American state. He was President of Venezuela for three periods (1858, 1859, and 1861) and member of the Conservative Centralist party.

See also

• Anderson–Gual Treaty
• Federal War
• Presidents of Venezuela

References

• (Spanish) "Diccionario de Historia de Venezuela", Fundación Polar, 1997.
• (Spanish) "Los Presidentes Volumen I/1811-1863" Ramón Urdaneta, Fondo Editorial Venezolano, 1995.
• (Spanish) Pedro Gual
• (Spanish) Gran Logia Unida de Venezuela
• (Spanish) Biography of the Foreign Affairs Ministry