Raimundo Andueza Palacio

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Raimundo Andueza

| image = Raimundo Andueza Palacio.jpg

| order = President of Venezuela

| term_start = 19 March 1890

| term_end = 17 June 1892

| predecessor = Juan Pablo Rojas

| successor = Guillermo Tell Villegas

| order3 = Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela

| term_start3 = 3 March 1877

| term_end3 = 24 November 1877

| predecessor3 =

| successor3 =

| president3 = Francisco Linares Alcántara

| term_start4 = 23 October 1899

| term_end4 = 30 July 1900

| predecessor4 =

| president4 = Cipriano Castro

| successor4 =

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1846|2|6}}

| birth_place = Guanare, Portuguesa, State of Venezuela

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1900|8|17|1846|2|6}}

| death_place = Caracas, United States of Venezuela

| restingplace = Southern General Cemetery

| party = Liberal Party

| spouse = Isabel González Esteves

| signature = Raimundo Andueza Palacio signature.jpg

| children = *Isabel María Andueza

Ana Teresa Andueza
Raimundo Andueza

}}

Raimundo Ignacio Andueza Palacio (6 February 1846 – 17 August 1900), was the president of Venezuela (1890–1892). He also served twice as his country's Minister of Foreign Affairs.

A member of the Liberal Party, Andueza entered politics as deputy for Aragua. He was the Minister of Finance from 1877 to 1878.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-NtHyeXDekEC|title=Revista de hacienda|first=Venezuela Ministerio de|last=Hacienda|date=16 September 1965|publisher=Ministerio de Hacienda.|via=Google Books}}

Political career

= Presidency and the Legalist Revolution =

He became president on 7 March 1890, taking up residence in the Yellow House. He left office under duress. His {{interlanguage link|Gobierno de Raimundo Andueza Palacio|lt=presidential term|es}} was due to end in 1892, but he tried to extend it, resulting in resistance known as the Legalist Revolution.{{Cite book |last=Madrid |first=Raúl L. |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/birth-of-democracy-in-south-america/A8EA21756D12D27A6171337F2BF3F415 |title=The Birth of Democracy in South America |date=2025 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-009-63381-9 |pages=229}} He stepped down on 17 June 1892 under pressure from the armed intervention of General Joaquín Crespo.

= Minister of Foreign Affairs =

Andueza went into exile, not returning until after Crespo's death in 1898. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Cipriano Castro from 1899 to 1900, the year of his death.

Personal life

He was born in Guanare, Portuguesa state, 6 February 1846, son of Raimundo Andueza and Carolina Palacio. Cousin of Venezuelan President Victorino Marquez Bustillos.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

Palacio was married to Isabel González Esteves,{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} who served as First Lady of Venezuela from 1890 until 1892.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

He died in Caracas, 17 August 1900 and was buried in the city's Southern General Cemetery.

File:Isabel González Esteves de Andueza Palacio.jpg|Isabel González Esteves

File:Angel custodio.Cementerio General del Sur. Caracas.jpg|Tomb