 | Leaders of Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) |
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Parties: AD: Democratic Action - CN: National Convergence - COPEI: Social Christian Party - MUD: Democratic Unity Roundtable (multi-party coalition) - MVR: Movement for the V Republic - PJ: First Justice - PPT: Fatherland for All - PSUV: United Socialist Party of Venezuela - UNT: A New Era - URD: Democratic Republican Union - VP: Popular Will
 Heads of State
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President of the Republic
Isaías Medina Angarita 5 May 1941 - 19 Oct 1945 (†1953) military
Revolutionary Junta of Government
-Rómulo E. Betancourt Bello (†1981) AD (chairman)
-Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa (†1993) AD
-Carlos Román Delgado Chalbaud (†1950) military
-Raúl Leoni Otero (†1972) AD
-Gonzalo Barrios Bustillos (†1993) AD
-Mario Ricardo Vargas Cárdenas (†1949) military
-Edmundo Fernández 19 Oct 1945 - 15 Feb 1948 (†1979) n/p
President of the Republic
Rómulo Ángel Gallegos Freire 15 Feb 1948 - 24 Nov 1948 (†1969) AD
Junta of Government
-Carlos Román Delgado Chalbaud (†1950) military (chairman to 13 Nov 1950)
-Germán Suárez Flamerich (†1990) n/p (chairman since 27 Nov 1950)
-Marcos Evangelista Pérez Jiménez (†2001) military
-Luis Felipe Llovera Páez 24 Nov 1948 - 2 Dec 1952 (†1977) military
President of the Republic
Marcos Evangelista Pérez Jiménez 2 Dec 1952 - 23 Jan 1958 (†2001) military (provisional to 19 Apr 1953)
Junta of Government (I)
-Wolfgang Enrique Larrazábal Ugueto (†2003) military (chair)
-Pedro José Quevedo Delgado (†2008) military
-Roberto Casanova (†1984) military (to 24 Jan)
-Carlos Luis Araque (†2008) military
-Abel Romero Villate (†1997) military (to 24 Jan)
-Eugenio Mendoza Goiticoa (†1979) n/p (from 24 Jan to 19 May)
-Blas Lamberti Cano (†1988) n/p (from 24 Jan to 19 May)
-Arturo Sosa Fernández (†1996) n/p (from 19 May)
-Edgar Sanabria Arcia 23 Jan 1958 - 14 Nov 1958 (†1989) n/p (from 19 May)
Junta of Government (II)
-Edgard Sanabria Arcia (†1989) n/p (chair)
-Arturo Sosa Fernández (†1996) n/p
-Miguel José Rodríguez Olivares (†1960) military
-Carlos Luis Araque (†2008) military
-Pedro José Quevedo Delgado 14 Nov 1958 - 13 Feb 1959 (†2008) military
Presidents of the Republic
Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello 13 Feb 1959 - 11 Mar 1964 (†1981) AD
Raúl Leoni Otero 11 Mar 1964 - 11 Mar 1969 (†1972) AD
Rafael Caldera Rodríguez 11 Mar 1969 - 12 Mar 1974 (†2009) COPEI
Carlos Andrés Pérez Rodríguez 12 Mar 1974 - 12 Mar 1979 (†2010) AD
Luis Antonio Herrera Campins 12 Mar 1979 - 2 Feb 1984 (†2007) COPEI
Jaime Lusinchi 2 Feb 1984 - 2 Feb 1989 (†2014) AD
Carlos Andrés Pérez Rodríguez 2 Feb 1989 - 31 Aug 1993 (†2010) AD
Octavio Lepage Barreto 21 May 1993 - 5 Jun 1993 (†2017) AD (acting)
Ramón José Velásquez Mújica 5 Jun 1993 - 2 Feb 1994 (†2014) AD (interim) (1)
Rafael Caldera Rodríguez 2 Feb 1994 - 2 Feb 1999 (†2009) CN
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías 2 Feb 1999 - 12 Apr 2002 (†2013) MVR
Pedro Carmona Estanga 12 Apr 2002 - 13 Apr 2002 n/p (2)
Diosdado Cabello Rondón 13 Apr 2002 - 14 Apr 2002 MVR (provisional)
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías 14 Apr 2002 - 5 Mar 2013 (†2013) MVR, PSUV
Nicolás Maduro Moros 5 Mar 2013 - PSUV (acting to 19 Apr 2013, disputed, with partial intl. recognition, from 23 Jan 2019) (3)
Juan Gerardo Guaidó Márquez 23 Jan 2019 - 30 Dec 2022 VP/MUD, n/p (acting, disputed, with partial intl. recognition) (4)
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| Executive Vicepresidents
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Julián Isaías Rodríguez 24 Jan 2000 - 28 Dec 2000 MVR Adina Mercedes Bastidas Castillo 28 Dec 2000 - 13 Jan 2002 MVR Diosdado Cabello Rondón 13 Jan 2002 - 5 May 2002 MVR José Vicente Rangel Vale 5 May 2002 - 8 Jan 2007 (†2020) MVR Jorge Rodríguez Gómez 8 Jan 2007 - 6 Jan 2008 MVR Ramón Alonso Carrizalez Rengifo 6 Jan 2008 - 25 Jan 2010 MVR, PSUV Elías José Jaua Milano 26 Jan 2010 - 13 Oct 2012 PSUV Nicolás Maduro Moros 13 Oct 2012 - 5 Mar 2013 PSUV Jorge Alberto Arreaza Monserrat 8 Mar 2013 - 6 Jan 2016 PSUV Aristóbulo Istúriz Almeida 6 Jan 2016 - 4 Jan 2017 (†2021) PSUV Tareck Zaidan El Aissami Maddah 4 Jan 2017 - 14 Jun 2018 PSUV Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez 14 Jun 2018 - PSUV |
| Presidents of the National Assembly
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William Lara 2000-2003 (†2010) MVR Francisco José Ameliach Orta 2003-2005 MVR Nicolás Maduro Moros 2005-2006 MVR Cilia Flores 2006-2011 MVR, PSUV Fernando Soto Rojas 2011-2012 PSUV Diosdado Cabello Rondón 2012-2016 PSUV Henry Ramos Allup 2016-2017 AD/MUD Julio Andrés Borges Junyent 2017-2018 PJ/MUD Omar Enrique Barboza Gutiérrez 2018-2019 UNT/MUD Juan Gerardo Guaidó Márquez 2019-2023 VP/MUD, n/p (IV Legislature, disputed) Luis Eduardo Parra Rivero 2020-2021 Prociudadanos (V Legislature, disputed) Jorge Jesús Rodríguez Gómez 2021- PSUV (V Legislature, disputed) Dinorah Figuera 2023- PJ/MUD (IV Legislature, disputed) |
| Presidents of the Constituent National Assembly (2017)
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Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez 2017-2018 PSUN Diosdado Cabello Rondón 2018-2020 PSUN |
| Ministers of External Relations
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Carlos Morales Fernández 1945-1947 (†1971) Gonzalo Barrios Bustillos 1947-1948 (†1993) AD Andrés Eloy Blanco Meaño 1948 (†1955) AD Jacinto Fombona Pachano 1948 (†1951) (acting) Luis Emilio Gómez Ruiz 1948-1952 (†1966) n/p Aureliano Otáñez Martínez 1952-1956 (†1975) José Loreto Arismendi 1956-1958 (†1979) Carlos Felice Cardot 1958 (†1986) Óscar García Velutini 1958 (†1991) René De Sola 1958-1959 (†2018) Ignacio Luis Arcaya Rivero 1959-1960 (†1990) URD Marcos Falcón Briceño 1960-1964 (†1998) AD Ignacio Iribarren Borges 1964-1969 (†1988) n/p Arístides Calvani Silva 1969-1974 (†1986) COPEI Efraín Schacht Aristeguieta 1974-1975 (†2007) Ramón Escovar Salom 1975-1977 (†2008) AD Simón Alberto Consalvi Bottaro 1977-1979 (†2013) AD José Alberto Zambrano Velasco 1979-1984 (†2004) COPEI Isidro Morales Paúl 1984-1985 (†2005) AD Simón Alberto Consalvi Bottaro 1985-1988 (†2013) AD Germán Nava Carrillo 1988-1989 (†1991) AD Enrique Tejera París 1989 (†2015) AD Reinaldo Figueredo Planchart 1989-1991 AD Armando Durán Aché 1991-1992 AD Humberto Calderón Berti 1992 COPEI Fernando Antonio Ochoa Antich 1992-1994 n/p Miguel Ángel Burelli Rivas 1994-1999 (†2003) URD José Vicente Rangel Vale 1999-2001 (†2020) MVR Luis Alfonso Dávila García 2001-2002 MVR José Rodríguez Iturbe 2002 COPEI Luis Alfonso Dávila 2002 MVR Roy Chaderton Matos 2002-2004 MVR Jesús Arnaldo Pérez 2004 José Alí Rodríguez Araque 2004-2006 (†2018) PPT Nicolás Maduro Moros 2006-2013 MVR, PSUV Elías José Jaua Milano 2013-2014 PSUV Rafael Darío Ramírez Carreño 2014 PSUV Delcy Eloina Rodríguez Gómez 2014-2017 PSUV Samuel Moncada 2017 PSUV Jorge Alberto Arreaza Monserrat 2017-2021 PSUV Félix Ramón Plasencia González 2021-2022 PSUV Carlos Rafael Faría Tortosa 2022-2023 Yván Gil Pinto 2023- PSUV |
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