Eleazar López Contreras
José Eleazar López Contreras was President of Venezuela between 1935 and 1941. He was an army general and one of Juan Vicente Gómez's collaborators, serving as his War Minister from 1931. In 1939, López Contreras accepted on behalf of Venezuela the ships Koenigstein and Caribia
which had fled with Jews from Germany.López Contreras cabinet (1935–41)
Eleazar López Contreras was married to María Teresa Núñez Tovar, who served as First Lady of Venezuela from 1936–1941,
