[PW] Pérez presidential dates

[Bye, Dan J]

The discrepancy is, I think, due to a confusion of the date of the election (December 4 1988) and the date Perez was sworn in and therefore officially took office (February 3 1989). 


(Source: The Times for the relevant dates)

Dan
 

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> According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica and The Rise and 
> Fall of Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez, Volume 2: 
> The Later Years 1973-2004, Tarver, H. Micheal  
>    
>   the dates were 1974 to 1979 and from 1989 to 1993
> 
> Pam Rider <tsktsk at tns.net> wrote:
>   I am hoping someone can confirm the presidential dates of 
> former Venezuelan leader Carlos Andrés Pérez. I think the 
> dates are 1974-1979 and 1988-1993. Okay or is a correction needed?
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> Pam Rider
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