Hermógenes López was a Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

n soldier, farmer and acting president of his country between 1887 and 1888, after the resignation of General Antonio Guzmán Blanco

Antonio Guzmán Blanco

Antonio Leocadio Guzmán Blanco was President of Venezuela for three separate terms, from 1870–1877, from 1879–1884, and from 1886–1887....

 as cause of his voluntary exile in Paris.

There is no such information about his childhood, only that was limited to elementary education and farm work. From the arrival of José Tadeo Monagas

José Tadeo Monagas

José Tadeo Monagas Burgos was President of Venezuela 1847-1851 and 1855–1858, and a hero of the Venezuelan War of Independence...

 and José Gregorio Monagas

José Gregorio Monagas

José Gregorio Monagas was President of Venezuela 1851-1855 and brother of José Tadeo Monagas.General José Gregorio Monagas was born in Aragua de Barcelona, Venezuela, in 1795. His parents were Francisco José Monagas, a merchant from the Canary Islands, and Perfecta Burgos, a native of Cojedes...

 to the presidency (1848–1858), enters to the military activity, being part of the revolutions and battles of this decades, after that returned to his life as farmer. López became military leader of Nirgua in 1858, and participated in the 1862 campaign of Carabobo, that overthrew its head of government, General Marcos López.

López, was the head of Carabobo state after an electoral fight against General Gregorio Cedeño (May 1881). Also served as president (governor) of Yaracuy state. Assumed the presidency of Venezuela on 8 August 1887, because of the retirement of Guzmán Blanco

Antonio Guzmán Blanco

Antonio Leocadio Guzmán Blanco was President of Venezuela for three separate terms, from 1870–1877, from 1879–1884, and from 1886–1887....

, presiding a transition period, which concluded on 2 July 1888, when Juan Pablo Rojas Paul

Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl

Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl was President of Venezuela from 1888 to 1890. He was the first civilian president who was elected by constitutional procedures in 50 years, and the only one who could finish his term properly, until 74 years later.Elected by Antonio Guzmán like his successor, Rojas tried to...

 assumed the presidency.

Hermógenes López's provisional government enjoyed the active cooperation of the Liberal Party and the society.
During his term in office, inaugurated the railroad between Puerto Cabello

Puerto Cabello

Puerto Cabello is a city on the north coast of Venezuela. It is located in Carabobo State about 75 km west of Caracas. As of 2001, the city has a population of around 154,000 people. The city is the home to the largest port in the country and is thus a vital cog in the country's vast oil...

 and Valencia and an underwater cable with Europe (February 1888). In April 1888, the remains of General José Antonio Páez

José Antonio Páez

José Antonio Páez Herrera was General in Chief of the army fighting Spain during the Venezuelan Wars of Independence, in addition to becoming the President of Venezuela once it was independent of the Gran Colombia...

 were returned to Venezuela. This act was carried out against the will of Guzmán Blanco, who considered Paéz as an oligarch

Oligarchy

Oligarchy is a form of power structure in which power effectively rests with an elite class distinguished by royalty, wealth, family ties, commercial, and/or military legitimacy...

.

Hermógenes López died in 1898.

Hermógenes López cabinet (1887-1888)

Ministries
OFFICE	NAME	TERM
President	Hermógenes López	1887-1888
Home Affairs	Francisco González Guinán Francisco González Guinán Francisco González Guinán , was a Venezuelan politician, journalist, lawyer, prominent historian of the 19th century in his country, and one of the main supporters of Antonio Guzmán Blanco.-Background:...	1887-1888
Outer Relations	Diego Bautista Urbaneja	1887-1888
Finance	Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl was President of Venezuela from 1888 to 1890. He was the first civilian president who was elected by constitutional procedures in 50 years, and the only one who could finish his term properly, until 74 years later.Elected by Antonio Guzmán like his successor, Rojas tried to...	1887-1888
Development	Jacinto Pachano	1887-1888
Public Instruction	José María Ortega Martínez	1887-1888
War and Navy	Francisco Carabaño	1887-1888
Public Works	José Cecilio Castro	1887-1888
Public Credit	Ángel Álamo Herrera	1887-1888
Secretary of Government	Rafael González Delgado	1887-1888
Governor of Caracas Caracas Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...	Juan Quevedo	1887-1888