Victorino Márquez Bustillos Net Worth

Background and career

Victorino Márquez Bustillos (2 November 1858 – 10 January 1941), was a Venezuelan lawyer and politician, and was provisional president of Venezuela from 1914 to 1922. Although Bustillos was elected by Congress, General Juan Vicente Gómez remained the real power behind the presidency. Victorino Márquez died in Caracas on 10 January 1941, aged 82.

During his presidency, legislation was passed in 1917 that was described by one observer as “the beginning of labor legislation in the country.” Known as the Law of Workshops and Public Establishments, this legislation established compulsory rest days, the duty of employers to ensure health and safe working conditions, and an eight-and-a-half-hour workday, which was extendable by mutual agreement.