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In 1913 Fortoul was appointed provisional President of Venezuela, serving for less than a year.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"25 November 1861","date":"1861-11-25"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2585455#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Barquisimeto","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4709"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2585455#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"15 June 1943","date":"1943-06-15"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2585455#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Caracas","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1533"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2585455#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Venezuela","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q717"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2585455#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"writer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36180"},{"text":"historian","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201788"},{"text":"lawyer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40348"},{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2585455#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Central University of Venezuela","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936476"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2585455#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"President of Venezuela (5 August 1913 – 19 April 1914)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11942698","start":"1913-08-05","end":"1914-04-19"},{"text":"senator of Venezuela","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20081434"},{"text":"minister of Education of Venezuela","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141529412"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2585455#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Gil_Fortoul","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2585455"],"faq":[{"q":"When was José Gil Fortoul born?","a":"José Gil Fortoul was born on 25 November 1861 in Barquisimeto."},{"q":"What positions has José Gil Fortoul held?","a":"Positions held by José Gil Fortoul include: President of Venezuela (1913–1914); senator of Venezuela; minister of Education of Venezuela."},{"q":"Where did José Gil Fortoul study?","a":"José Gil Fortoul was educated at Central University of Venezuela."}],"related":[{"name":"José Ruperto Monagas","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-ruperto-monagas"},{"name":"Luis Herrera Campins","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/luis-herrera-campins"},{"name":"Marcos Pérez Jiménez","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/marcos-perez-jimenez"},{"name":"Cipriano Castro","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/cipriano-castro"},{"name":"Antonio Guzmán Blanco","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/antonio-guzman-blanco"},{"name":"Isaías Medina Angarita","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/isaias-medina-angarita"},{"name":"Wolfgang Larrazábal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/wolfgang-larrazabal"},{"name":"Octavio Lepage","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/octavio-lepage"},{"name":"Victorino Márquez Bustillos","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/victorino-marquez-bustillos"},{"name":"Joaquín Crespo","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/joaquin-crespo"},{"name":"Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/juan-pablo-rojas-paul"},{"name":"Raimundo Andueza Palacio","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/raimundo-andueza-palacio"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/jose-gil-fortoul-ffda83e3fe.jpg","width":392,"height":640,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Unknown author Unknown author","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gil_Fortoul_BNV.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): José Gil Fortoul","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Gil_Fortoul","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q2585455","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2585455","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Gil Fortoul BNV.jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gil_Fortoul_BNV.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article José Gil Fortoul, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Gil Fortoul BNV.jpg — Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain.","cite":"\"José Gil Fortoul\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/jose-gil-fortoul. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T12:59:54Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-gil-fortoul","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-gil-fortoul","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-gil-fortoul?lang=ne"}}