First Triumvirate (Venezuela)

The First Triumvirate (1811–1812) was appointed by the First National Congress of Venezuela [es] as the provisional government of the First Republic of Venezuela. Composed of Cristóbal Mendoza, Juan Escalona [es], and Baltasar Padrón [es], its members rotated the presidency on a weekly basis.^[1] It was succeeded by the Second Triumvirate [es].

This government declared Venezuela's independence from the Spanish Empire and promulgated the country's first constitution in 1811, officially naming the nation "Confederación Americana de Venezuela".