León de Febres Cordero
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This article is about a Venezuelan army commander. For President of Ecuador (1984-1988), see León Febres Cordero.
León de Febres Cordero y Oberto (Los Puertos de Altagracia, Captaincy General of Venezuela, 28 June 1797 - Mérida, United States of Venezuela, 7 July 1872) was a Venezuelan Conservative general and politician who participated in the Spanish American wars of independence (1812-1824), the Gran Colombia–Peru War (1829), the Revolution of the Reforms (1835-1836) and the Federal War (1859-1863).