Juan Crisóstomo Falcón y Zavarce (27 January 1820 – 29 April 1870) was President of Venezuela (1863-1868).Member of the liberal Venezuelan Federalist Party he first served as president of Venezuela as the supreme chief of a rebel movement in August 1859 but the rebellion was soon crushed. He served as the recognized president of Venezuela from 1863 to 1868 when a conservative revolution headed by General José Tadeo Monagas ended his term as president. Also he was briefly overthrown in 1865.
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