Antonio José de Sucre

Antonio José de Sucre y Alcalá (; February 3, 1795 – June 4, 1830), known as the "Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho" (), was a Venezuelan independence leader. He was the fourth President of Peru and the second President of Bolivia. 

Sucre was one of Simón Bolívar's closest friends, generals and statesmen. The city of Sucre, Bolivia's capital, is named for him, as is a state of Venezuela and a department of Colombia. The Mariscal Sucre International Airport of Ecuador's capital Quito are also named after him. 

Ecuador’s former currency the “Sucre” was also named after him.

Sucre was shot and killed by multiple assassins on June 4, 1830 at the age of 35.

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