José Gil Fortoul
José Gil Fortoul (25 November 1861, in
Barquisimeto, Lara – 15 June 1943, in
Caracas) was a Venezuelan writer, historian, and politician, who was briefly the acting
president of Venezuela. As a political scientist and legal scholar, he is closely identified with the movement of Venezuelan
positivism. He was an ally of the dictator
Juan Vicente Gómez, supporting his regime both politically and in his social and historical writing. In 1913 Fortoul was appointed provisional President of Venezuela, serving for less than a year.
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