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States of Venezuela since 1989

States: Amazonas - Anzoátegui - Apure - Aragua - Barinas - Bolívar - Carabobo - Cojedes - Delta Amacuro - Falcón - Guárico - Guayana Esequiba - La Guiara - Lara - Mérida - Miranda - Monagas - Nueva Esparta - Portuguesa - Sucre - Táchira - Trujillo - Yaracuy - Zulia - Territories: Distrito Capital - Federal Dependencies - Francisco de Miranda -

Note: The decentralization reforms of 1989 allowed the 20 state governors and the federal district mayor to be elected by popular vote for the first time in Dec 1989. The constitution of 30 Dec 1999 confirmed the 1989 reforms, in the now 23 states, and created a capital district with the same rank as the states, replacing the previous federal district.

Party abbreviations: ABP = Alianza Bravo Pueblo (Fearless People's Alliance, social-democratic, anti-Chavismo, center-left, est.2000); AD = Acción Democrática (Democratic Action, social-democratic, est.1941); AP = Avanzada Progresista (Progressive Advance, progressive, center-left, social-democratic, Latin American integration, split from PPT, est.27 Jun 2012); CD = Convergencia Democratica (Democratic Convergence, christian-democrat, split from COPEI, est.1993); CN = Convergencia Nacional (National Convergence, center-right, christian-democratic, split from COPEI, est.1993); COPEI = Comité de Organización Política Electoral Independiente/Partido Social Cristiano de Venezuela (Political Electoral Independent Organization Committee/Social Christian Party of Venezuela, christian-democratic, est.1946); FV = Fuerza Vecinal (Neighborhood Force, centrist, progressive, localist, humanist, split from PJ, est.26 Jun 2021); GPP = Gran Polo Patriótico (Great Patriotic Pole, PSUV socialist electoral alliance, est.2011); LCR = La Causa Radical (The Radical Cause, democratic-socialist, split from PCV, est.1971); MAS = Movimiento al Socialismo (Movement Towards Socialism, center-left, split from PCV, est.1971); MUD = Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (Democratic Unity Roundtable, anti-Chavismo, christian/social democratic,  economic liberalism, est.23 Jan 2008); MPV = Movimiento Progresista de Venezuela (Progressive Movement of Venezuela, progressive, center-left, split from PPT, est.2012); PODEMOS = Por la Democracia Social (For Social Democracy, democratic socialist, est.2003); MS = Marea Socialista (Socialist Tide, socialist, Chavismo, Trotskyism, part of PSUV 2008-May 2015, est.2007); PCV = Partido Comunista de Venezuela (Communist Party of Venezuela, communist, banned 1931-41 & 1941-58, est.1931); PJ = Primero Justicia (Justice First Movement, progressive, social liberal, est.2000); PPT = Patria Para Todos (Fatherland for All, socialist, Chavismo, split from CR, est.1997); PSUV = Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (United Socialist Party of Venezuela, authoritarian, socialist, Chavismo, Bolivarianismo, est.Oct 2007); PRVZL = Proyecto Venezuela (Venezuela Project, christian-democratic, split from COPEI, est.1998); UNT = Un Nuevo Tiempo (A New Era, center-left, reformist, social democratic, split from AD, est.1999);
 - Former parties: MIGATO = Movimiento Independiente Ganamos Todos (Everybody Wins Independent Movement, Monogas state, José Gregorio Briceño personalist, 1997-18 Dec 2006, merged into PSUV); MVR = Movimiento V República (Fifth Republic Movement, authoritarian, socialist, Hugo Chávez personalist, Bolivarianismo, 1997-18 Dec 2006, merged into PSUV) 


Amazonas

[Amazonas State (Venezuela)]
Adopted 25 Sep 2002

 9 Dec 1924                Amazonas Federal Territory
23 Jul 1992                Amazonas State

Governors 
1992 - 23 Jan 1996         Edgar Vicente Sayago Murillo       (b. 1933)            MAS
23 Jan 1996 - 11 Feb 2001  José Bernabé Gutiérrez Parra       (b. 1952)            AD
11 Feb 2001 - 20 Oct 2017  Liborio Guarulla Garrido           (b. 1954)            PPT;2012 MPV
20 Oct 2017 -              Miguel Leonardo Tadeo Rodríguez    (b. 1961)            PSUV


Anzoátegui 

[Anzoategui State (Venezuela)]
Adopted 16 Jun 1999

Governors 
1989 - 1994                Ovidio Alejandro González          (b. 1931)            COPEI
1994 - 1998                Dennis Balza Ron                   (b. 1954)            AD
1998 - 2000                Alexis Rosas                                            PPT
 2000 - 2004                David Eugenio de Lima Salas        (b. 1959)            MAS
 31 Oct 2004 - 28 Dec 2012  Tarek William Saab Halabi          (b. 1962)           MVR;2007 PSUV
 28 Dec 2012 -  6 Jan 2016  Aristóbulo Istúriz Almeida         (b. 1946 - d. 2021)  PSUV
 7 Jan 2016 - 23 Oct 2017  Nelson Moreno (acting)             (b. 1965)            PSUV
23 Oct 2017 -  3 Dec 2021  Antonio María Barreto Sira         (b. 1955)            AD + MUD
23 Oct 2017 - 29 Dec 2020  Aristóbulo Iztúriz Almeida         (s.a.)               PSUV
                             (state protector)
29 Dec 2020 -              Luis José Marcano Salazar          (b. 1984)            PSUV
                             (state protector to 3 Dec 2021)


Apure

[Apure State (Venezuela)]
Adopted 1996

Governors 
1989 - 1992                José Gregorio Montilla (1st time)                       AD
1992 - 1995                Marcelo Alfonso Oquendo Rojo       (b. 1950)            AD
1995 - 1999                José Gregorio Montilla (2nd time)                       AD
1999                       Alonzo Hernández                                        AD
1999 - 2000                Jesús Aguilarte Gámez (1st time)   (b. 1958 - d. 2012)  MAS
2000 - 2004                Gian Luis Lippa Preziozzi          (b. 1955)            AD
Nov 2004 -  9 Feb 2011     Jesús Aguilarte Gámez (2nd time)   (s.a.)              MVR;2007 PSUV
10 Feb 2011 -  2 Dec 2021  Ramón Alonso Carrizales Rengifo    (b. 1952)            PSUV
                             (acting to 29 Dec 2012)
 2 Dec 2021 -              Germán Eduardo Piñate Rodríguez    (b. 1956)            PSUV


Aragua

[Aragua State (Venezuela)]
Adopted 20 Oct 2002

Governors
23 Jan 1990 - 23 Jan 1996  Carlos Humberto Tablante Hidalgo   (b. 1954)            MAS
23 Jan 1996 -  1 Dec 2008  Didalco Antonio Bolívar Graterol   (b. 1955)        MAS;2004 PODEMOS
 1 Dec 2008 - 22 Dec 2012  Rafael Eduardo Isea Romero         (b. 1968)            PSUV
22 Dec 2012 -  5 Jan 2017  Tareck Zaidan El Aissami Maddah    (b. 1974)            PSUV
 5 Jan 2017 - 19 Oct 2017  Caryl Lynn Bertho Montaño (f)      (b. 1964)            PSUV
                             (acting)
19 Oct 2017 - 28 Aug 2021  Rodolfo Clemente Marco Torres      (b. 1966)            PSUV
28 Aug 2021 -  1 Dec 2021  Daniela Mercedes González                               PSUV
                             Coviella (f)(acting)
 1 Dec 2021 -              Karina Isabel Carpio Bejarano (f)  (b. 1959)            PSUV


Barinas

[Barinas State (Venezuela)]
Adopted 23 Mar 1958

Governors 
1989 - 1992                Rafael Rosales Peña (1st time)     (b. 1939)            AD
1992 - 1995                Gehard Cartay Ramíerz              (b. 1950)            COPEI 
1995 - 1998                Rafael Rosales Peña (2nd time)     (s.a.)               AD
1998 -  2 Dec 2008         Hugo de los Reyes Chávez           (b. 1933)           MVR;2007 PSUV
 2 Dec 2008 -  5 Jan 2017  Adán Coromoto Chávez Frías         (b. 1953)            PSUV
 5 Jan 2017 -  6 Jun 2017  Zenaida Gallardo (f) (acting)                           PSUV
 6 Jun 2017 - 30 Nov 2021  Argenis de Jesús Chávez Frías      (b. 1958 - d. 2024)  PSUV
                             (acting to 20 Oct 2017)
30 Nov 2021 - 13 Jan 2022  Jesús Monsalve (acting)            (b. 1982)            PSUV
13 Jan 2022 -              Sergio Ramón Garrido Quintero      (b. 1967)            AD + MUD


Bolívar 

[Bolivar State (Venezuela)]
Adopted 12 Oct 2000

Governors 
1989 - 1995                Andrés Manuel Velásquez            (b. 1953)            LCR
1995 - 2000                Jorge Carvajal Morales             (b. 1956)            AD
2000 - 2004                Antonio Rojas Suárez               (b. 1959)            MVR 
31 Oct 2004 - 20 Oct 2017  Francisco José Rangel Gómez        (b. 1953)           MVR;2007 PSUV
20 Oct 2017 -  2 Dec 2021  Justo José Noguera Pietri          (b. 1961)            PSUV
 2 Dec 2021 -              Ángel Bautista Marcano             (b. 1963)            PSUV


Carabobo
[Carabobo State (Venezuela)]
1995 - 12 Mar 2006, re-adopted Dec 2008
 [Carabobo state, former flag 2006-2008 (Venezuela)] 12 Mar 2006 - Dec 2008

Governors
 23 Jan 1990 - 23 Jan 1996  Henrique Salas Römer               (b. 1936)            COPEI 
23 Jan 1996 - 31 Oct 2004  Henrique Fernando Salas Feo        (b. 1960)            PRVZL
                             (1st time)
31 Oct 2004 -  4 Dec 2008  Luís Felipe Acosta Carlez          (b. 1957)           MVR;2007 PSUV
  4 Dec 2008 - 27 Dec 2012  Henrique Fernando Salas Feo        (s.a.)               PRVZL
                             (2nd time)
27 Dec 2012 - 14 Jun 2017  Francisco José Ameliach Orta       (b. 1963)            PSUV
14 Jun 2017 - 19 Oct 2017  Gustavo Adolfo Pulido Cardier      (b. 1973)            PSUV
                             (acting to 1 Aug 2017)
19 Oct 2017 -              Rafael Alejandro Lacava Evangelista(b. 1968)            PSUV


Cojedes

[Cojedes State (Venezuela)]
Adopted 3 Apr 1997

Governors 
1989 - 1992                José Gerardo Lozada                                     AD
1992 - 1995                José Felipe Machado                                     COPEI 
1995 - 30 Jul 2000         José Alberto Galíndez Cordero      (b. 1955)            AD
                             (1st time)
 30 Jul 2000 - 28 Nov 2008  Jhonny de Jesús Yánez Rangel       (b. 1961 - d. 2019) MVR;2007 PSUV
 28 Nov 2008 - 27 Dec 2012  Teodoro Bolívar Caballero          (b. 1960)            PSUV
27 Dec 2012 -  6 Dec 2016  Érika del Valle Farías Peña (f)    (b. 1972)            PSUV
 6 Oct 2016 -  2 Dec 2021  Margaud Marisela Godoy Peña (f)    (b. 1980)            PSUV
                             (acting to 20 Oct 2017)
 2 Dec 2021 -              José Alberto Galíndez Cordero      (s.a.)               PJ + MUD
                             (2nd time)


Delta Amacuro

[Delta Amacuro State (Venezuela)] Adopted 14 Oct 2004

1901                       Delta Amacuro Federal Territory
 8 Mar 1991                Delta Amacuro State

Governors 
1992                       Sarkis Nemer Naín
1992 - 1994                Emery Mata Millán (1st time)       (b. 1939)            COPEI 
1994 - 1995                Armando Salazar                                         MAS
1995 - 2000                Emery Mata Millán (2nd time)       (b. 1939)           AD;1998 COPEI
2000 - 15 Dec 2008         Yelitze de Jesús Santaella         (b. 1960)            MAS;2004 MVR
                             Hernández (f)
15 Dec 2008 -              Lizeta Hernández Abchi (f)         (b. 1967)            PSUV


Distrito Capital

[Caracas - Capital District former flag 1989-2022 (Venezuela)]
1989 - 13 Apr 2022

[Caracas - Liberator Municipality (Venezuela)]
Adopted 13 Apr 2022

[Capital District Government (Venezuela)]
District Govt. Adopted Jun 2022

29 Feb 1864                Distrito Federal de Venezuela
22 Apr 1998                After separation of Vargas municipality to form Vargas state,
                              the Distrito Federal comprises only Municipio Libertador de
                             Caracas (Liberator Municipality of Caracas).  
 30 Jul 2000                Distrito Federal replaced by Distrito Capital with the Distrito
                              Metropolitano de Caracas (Metropolitan District of Caracas),
                             with no district government as such (subordinated to the mayor
                             of the Libertador municipality).
16 Apr 2009                Distrito government restored.
20 Dec 2017                Distrito Metropolitano de Caracas abolished by National Constituent
                             Assembly (not recognized by the opposition controlled National
                             Assembly).

Governors of the Distrito Federal
  2 Feb 1989 - 13 Jan 1992  Virgilio Ávila Vivas               (b. 1941)            AD
13 Jan 1992 - 24 May 1993  Antonio José Ledezma Díaz          (b. 1955)            AD
24 May 1993 -  2 Feb 1994  César Rodríguez Berrizbeitía                            AD
 2 Feb 1994 - 14 Mar 1996  Asdrúbal Aguiar Aranguren          (b. 1949)            CD
 14 Mar 1996 - 1998         Abdón Vivas Terán                  (b. 1942)            CD
 1998 -  2 Feb 1999         Moisés Orozco Graterol             (b. 1944)            CD
  2 Feb 1999 - 30 Jul 2000  Hernán Grüber Odremán              (b. 1940)            MVR
 Mayors of the Distrito Metropolitano de Caracas
30 Jul 2000 - 31 Oct 2004  Alfredo Antonio Peña               (b. 1944)            MVR
31 Oct 2004 -  7 Dec 2008  Juan Alejandro Barreto Cipriani    (b. 1959)          MVR;2007 PSUV
  7 Dec 2008 - 22 Nov 2017  Antonio José Ledezma Díaz          (s.a.)               ABP
                             (federal prisoner 19 Feb 2015-17 Nov 2017,
                              left country 17 Nov 2017)
19 Feb 2015 - 22 Nov 2017  Helen Fernández (f)                (b. 1955)            ABP + MUD
                              (acting for Ledezma)
22 Nov 2017 - 20 Dec 2017  Alí Mansour Landaeta (acting)      (b. 1968)            PJ + MUD
20 Dec 2017                Post abolished
 Mayors of the Municipio Libertador de Caracas
 9 Jan 1990 -  6 Jan 1993  Claudio Eloy Fermín Maldonado      (b. 1950)            AD
 6 Jan 1993 -  2 Jan 1996  Aristóbulo Istúriz Almeida         (b. 1946 - d. 2021)  LCR
  2 Jan 1996 - 30 Jul 2000  Antonio José Ledezma Díaz          (s.a.)               AD
 30 Jul 2000 - 30 Nov 2008  Freddy Alirio Bernal Rosales       (b. 1962)          MVR;2007 PSUV
 30 Nov 2008 -  7 Nov 2017  Jorge Jesús Rodríguez Gómez        (b. 1965)            PSUV
  7 Nov 2017 - 10 Dec 2017  Luis Lira Aponte (acting)          (b. 1965)            MS
10 Dec 2017 - 26 Aug 2021  Érika del Valle Farías Peña (f)    (b. 1972)            PSUV
26 Aug 2021 -  2 Dec 2021  Caryslia Beatriz Rodríguez                              PSUV
                             Rodríguez (f) (acting)
 2 Dec 2021 -              Carmen Teresa Meléndez Rivas (f)   (b. 1961)            PSUV
Chiefs of Government of Distrito Capital
 16 Apr 2009 - 13 Oct 2014  Jacqueline Coromoto Faría          (b. 1957)            PSUV
                              Pineda (f) (1st time)
 13 Oct 2014 - 26 May 2015  Ernesto Emilio Villegas Poljak     (b. 1970)            PSUV
 26 May 2015 - 11 Jan 2016  Juan Carlos Dugarte                (b. 1955)            PSUV
 11 Jan 2016 - 31 Jan 2017  Daniel Aponte                      (b. 1988)            PSVU
 31 Jan 2017 - 21 Jun 2017  Carolina del Valle Cestari         (b. 1964)            PSUV
                             Vásquez (f) (1st time) 
21 Jun 2017 -  4 Jan 2018  Antonio Benavides Torres           (b. 1961)            Mil/PSUV
 4 Jan 2018 - 29 Jan 2020  Carolina del Valle Cestari         (s.a.)               PSUV
                             Vásquez (f) (2nd time) 
29 Jan 2020 - 13 Aug 2020  Darío Ramón Vivas Velasco          (b. 1950 - d. 2020)  PSUV
17 Aug 2020 - 28 Jan 2021  Jacqueline Coromoto Faría          (s.a.)               PSUV
                             Pineda (f) (2nd time)
28 Jan 2021 -              Nahum Jephte Fernández Molina      (b. 1979)            PSUV


Falcón 
 
[Falcon State 1997-2006 (Venezuela) ]
17 Jun 1997 - 3 Aug 2006 
[Falcon State (Venezuela)]Adopted 3 Aug 2006

Governors 
1989 - 1995                Aldo Cermeño Garrido Ramón         (b. 1947)            COPEI 
1995 - 2000                José Curiel Rodríguez              (b. 1937 - d. 2022)  COPEI
30 Jul 2000 - 28 Nov 2008  Jesús Antonio Montilla Aponte      (b. 1961)          MVR;2007 PSUV
28 Nov 2008 - 20 Oct 2017  Stella Marina Lugo Betancourt de   (b. 1965)            PSUV
                             Montilla (f) 
20 Oct 2017 -              Víctor José Clark Boscán           (b. 1982)            PSUV


Federal Dependencies

[Venezuela state flag]

20 Jul 1938                Federal Dependencies of Venezuela (Dependencias Federales de
                             Venezuela), created from some of the Caribbean islands not part
                             of any state (including de Isla de Aves).
30 Dec 1999                Administration of the Federal Dependencies transferred to 
                             the federal Ministry of Interior and Justice (from 2013,
                             Interior, Justice and Peace).

Administrators
 30 Dec 1999 -              the Ministers of Interior and Justice (from 2013,
                           Interior, Justice and Peace)


Francisco de Miranda

[Venezuela state flag]

10 Nov 2011               Francisco de Miranda Insular Territory (Territorio Insular
                            Francisco de Miranda), within the Federal Dependencies, created
                             (includes Archipiélago Los Roques, Archipiélago Las Aves,
                             and Isla La Orchila).

Chiefs of government (Jefes de Gobierno del Territorio Insular)
 15 Nov 2011 -  7 Jul 2014  Armando José Laguna Laguna         (b. 1953)            Mil
 7 Jul 2014 -  4 Sep 2015  Gilberto Amílcar Pinto Blanco      (b. 1963)            Mil
 4 Sep 2015 -  3 Nov 2017  Jairo Avendaño Quintero            (b. 1962)            Mil
 3 Nov 2017 - 12 Aug 2019  Stella Marina Lugo Betancourt de   (b. 1965)            PSUV
                             Montilla (f) 
12 Aug 2019 - 16 Jul 2020  Félix Ramón Plasencia González                          PSUV
16 Jul 2020 - 15 Sep 2020  Giuseppe Alesandro Martín          (b. 1965)            Mil
                             Alessandrello Cimadevilla
15 Sep 2020 -  6 Jan 2023  José Gregorio Eladio Jiménez       (b. 1966)            Mil
                             Rattia
 6 Jan 2023 -              Aníbal Eduardo Coronado Millán                          Mil


Guárico

[Guarico State (Venezuela)]Adopted 24 Nov 1995

Governors
 4 Jan 1990 - 1990         Rafael Tobias Delgado (acting)                          AD
1990 - 1992                Modesto Antonio Freites Piñate     (b. 1939 - d. 2003)  AD
1992 - 1995                José Antonio Malavé Risso          (b. 1942)            COPEI
1995 - 1998                Rafael Emilio Silveira Morales     (b. 1952)            AD
1998 -  8 Dec 2008         Eduardo Manuitt Carpio             (b. 1954)            MAS;2000 PPT
 8 Dec 2008 - 10 Sep 2010  Willian Rafael Lara                (b. 1954 - d. 2010)  PSUV
11 Sep 2010 - 11 Dec 2010  Arturo Suárez (acting)                                  PSUV  
11 Dec 2010 - 20 Dec 2012  Luis Enrique Gallardo                                   PSUV
20 Dec 2012 - 19 Oct 2017  Ramón Emilio Rodríguez Chacín      (b. 1951)            PSUV
19 Oct 2017 -              José Manuel Vásquez Aranguren      (b. 1972)            PSUV


Guayana Esequiba

 6 Dec 2023               Referendum votes on claim to Guayana Esequiba of neighboring Guyana.
 4 Apr 2024               Guayana Esequiba state proclaimed.

Governor
 4 Apr 2024 -             Alexis Rodríguez Cabello (acting)   (b. 1965)            PSUV

La Guaira

[La Guaira (former Vargas) State (Venezuela)]
Adopted 1999

22 Apr 1998                Vargas Territory, created from part of Distrito Federal.
 31 Dec 1998                Vargas State
 6 Jun 2019                Renamed La Guaira.

Governors
 9 Sep 1998 - 31 Dec 1998  Adolfo León Pastran Matute         (b. 1938)
  1 Jan 1999 - 2000         Mario Alfredo Laya Camacho         (b. 1957)            PPT
 2000 - 28 Nov 2008         Antonio Rodríguez San Juan         (b. 1957)           MVR;2007 PSUV
28 Nov 2008 - 22 May 2021  Jorge Luis García Carneiro         (b. 1952 - d. 2021)  PSUV
22 May 2021 -  2 Dec 2021  José Manuel Suárez Maldonado       (b. 1966)            PSUV
                             (acting)
 2 Dec 2021 -              José Alejandro Terán               (b. 1980)            PSUV

Lara

[Lara State (Venezuela)] Adopted 8 Dec 1967

Governors 
1987 - 1995                José Mariano Navarro                                    AD
11 Dec 1995 - 18 Aug 2000  Orlando José Fernández Medina      (b. 1945)            MAS
18 Aug 2000 - 13 Dec 2008  Luis Ramón Reyes Reyes             (b. 1952)           MVR;2007 PSUV
13 Dec 2008 - 20 Oct 2017  Henri José Falcón Fuentes          (b. 1961)            PPT;2012 AP
20 Oct 2017 - 26 Oct 2020  Carmen Teresa Meléndez Rivas (f)   (b. 1961)            PSUV
26 Oct 2020 -              Adolfo Pereira Antique             (b. 1969)            PSUV
                             (acting to 3 Dec 2021)


Mérida

[Merida State (Venezuela)] Adopted 30 Aug 1996

Governors 
20 Jan 1990 - 20 Jan 1995  Jesús Rondón Nucete                (b. 1941)            COPEI 
20 Jan 1995 - 15 Aug 2000  Williams Daniel Dávila Barrios     (b. 1951)            AD
                             (2nd time)
 2000 - 12 Dec 2008         Florencio Antonio Porras Echezuría (b. 1965)           MVR;2007 PSUV
 12 Dec 2008 - 21 Dec 2012  Marcos Díaz Orellana               (b. 1960)            PSUV
21 Dec 2012 - 26 Oct 2017  Alexis Ramírez Márquez             (b. 1975)            PSUV
26 Oct 2017 -  1 Dec 2021  Ramón Enrique Guevara Jaimes       (b. 1958)            AD + MUD
23 Oct 2017 - 18 Sep 2020  Jehyson José Guzmán Araque         (b. 1980)            PSUV
                             (state protector)
18 Sep 2020 -  1 Dec 2021  Richard José Lobo Sivoli           (b. 1975)            PSUV
                             (state protector)
 1 Dec 2021 -              Jehyson José Guzmán Araque         (s.a.)               PSUV


Miranda
 
[Miranda State (Venezuela) 1995-2006]
1995 - 12 Aug 2006
[Miranda State (Venezuela)]
Adopted 12 Aug 2006

Governors 
13 Jan 1990 - 27 Dec 1995  Arnaldo Horacio Arocha Vargas      (b. 1936 - d. 2022)  COPEI
                             (2nd time)
27 Dec 1995 - 31 Oct 2004  Enrique Mendoza D'Ascoli           (b. 1945 - d. 2023)  COPEI 
31 Oct 2004 - 29 Nov 2008  Diosdado Cabello Rondón            (b. 1963)           MVR;2007 PSUV
29 Nov 2008 -  6 Jun 2012  Henrique Capriles Radonski         (b. 1972)            PJ + MUD
                             (1st time)
 6 Jun 2012 - 15 Jan 2013  Adriana D'Elia Briceño (f)(acting) (b. 1963)            PJ
15 Jan 2013 - 19 Oct 2017  Henrique Capriles Radonski         (s.a.)               PJ + MUD
                             (2nd time)
19 Oct 2017 -              Héctor Vicente Rodríguez Castro    (b. 1982)            PSUV


Monagas 

[Monagas State (Venezuela)]
Adopted 2002

Governors 
1989 - 1995                Guillermo Antonio Call (1st time)  (b. 1940)            AD
1995 - 31 Jan 2000         Luis Eduardo Martínez                                   AD
2000                       Miguel Gómez (acting)                                   MAS
2000 - 2004                Guillermo Antonio Call (2nd time)  (s.a.)               AD
2004 - 28 Dec 2012         José Gregorio "el Gato" Briceño    (b. 1965)        MIGATO:2007 PSUV
                             Torrealba
28 Dec 2012 - 24 Aug 2021  Yelitze de Jesús Santaella         (b. 1960)            PSUV
                             Hernández (f)
24 Aug 2021 -  2 Dec 2021  Cosme Arzolay Gómez                (b. 1953)            PSUV
 2 Dec 2021 -              Ernesto Javier Luna González       (b. 1985)            PSUV


Nueva Esparta

[Nueva Esparta state (Venezuela)]
Adopted 10 Aug 1998

Governors 
1989 – 1995                Morel Rodríguez Ávila (2nd time)   (b. 1942)            AD
1995 - 11 Jan 1999         Rafael Tovar                       (b. 1928 - d. 1999)  COPEI 
1999 - 2000                Irene Lailin Sáez Conde (f)        (b. 1961)            MVR
2000                       Eustacio Aguilera (acting)                              PCV
2000 - 2004                Alexis Navarro Rojas               (b. 1946 - d. 2016)  MVR
31 Dec 2004 - 28 Dec 2012  Morel Rodríguez Ávila (3rd time)   (s.a.)               AD
28 Dec 2012 - 25 Oct 2017  Carlos Mata Figueroa               (b. 1957)            PSUV
25 Oct 2017 -  3 Dec 2021  Alfredo Javier Díaz Figueroa       (b. 1969)            AD + MUD
23 Oct 2017 - 15 Feb 2018  Carlos Mata Figueroa               (s.a.)               PSUV
                             (state protector)
15 Feb 2018 - 17 Jan 2022  Dante Rafael Rivas Quijada         (b. 1975)            PSUV
                             (state protector)
 3 Dec 2021 -              Morel Rodríguez Ávila (4th time)   (s.a.)               FV


Portuguesa

[Portuguesa State (Venezuela)]
Adopted 1952

Governors 
1989 - 1995                Elías D'Onghia Colaprico                                AD
1995 - 2000                Iván Colmenares                                         MAS
2000 -  4 Dec 2008         Antonia Muños (f)                                      MVR;2007 PSUV
 4 Dec 2008 -  7 Jan 2016  Wilmar Castro Soteldo              (b. 1956)            PSUV
 7 Jan 2016 - 20 Oct 2017  Reinaldo Castañeda                 (b. 1966)            Mil/PSUV
20 Oct 2017 -  2 Dec 2021  Rafael José Calles Rojas           (b. 1970)            PSUV
 2 Dec 2021 -              Antonio Primitivo Cedeño           (b. 1953)            PSUV


Sucre

[Sucre State 1965-2002 (Venezuela)]
24 Nov 1965 - 2002

[Sucre State (Venezuela)]
Adopted 2002

Governors 
1989 - 1992                Eduardo Morales Gil                                     AD
1992 - 1998                Ramón del Valle Martínez Abdenour  (b. 1948 - d. 2022)  MAS
                             (1st time)
 1998 - 2000                Eloy Gil                           (b. 1947)            AD
2000 -  3 Dec 2008         Ramón del Valle Martínez Abdenour  (s.a.)           MAS;2004 PODEMOS
                             (2nd time)
 3 Dec 2008 - 28 Dec 2012  Enrique José Maestre               (b. 1968)            PSUV
28 Dec 2012 - 30 Jan 2017  Luis Augusto Acuña Cedeño          (b. 1946)            PSUV
30 Jan 2017 -  3 Dec 2021  Edwin Antonio Rojas Mata           (b. 1978)            PSUV
                             (acting to 21 Oct 2017) 
 3 Dec 2021 -              Gilberto Pinto Blanco              (b. 1963)            PSUV


Táchira

[Tachira State (Venezuela)]
Adopted 10 Dec 1997

Governors 
23 Jan 1990 - 23 Jan 1996  José Francisco Ron Sandoval        (b. 1933 - d. 2002)  AD
23 Jan 1996 - 11 Jan 1999  Ricardo Méndez Moreno              (b. 1930?)           AD
11 Jan 1999 -  5 Jan 2000  Sergio Omar Calderón               (b. 1949 - d. 2017)  COPEI
 5 Jan 2000 -  5 Jan 2008  Ronald José Blanco La Cruz         (b. 1959)           MVR;2007 PSUV
 5 Jan 2008 - 10 Jan 2013  César Alejandro Pérez Vivas        (b. 1957)            COPEI
10 Jan 2013 - 23 Oct 2017  José Gregorio Vielma Mora          (b. 1964)            PSUV
23 Oct 2017 -  4 Dec 2021  Laidy Yorveys Gómez Flórez (f)     (b. 1981)            AD + MUD
31 Jan 2018 -              Freddy Alirio Bernal Rosales       (b. 1962)            PSUV
                             (state protector to 4 Dec 2021)


Trujillo

[Trujillo State (Venezuela)]
Adopted 18 Nov 1994

Governors 
1989 – 1995                José Méndez Quijada                                     AD
1995 - 2000                Luis González                                           AD
2000 -  2 Dec 2008         Gílmer Enrique Viloria             (b. 1945)           MVR;2007 PSUV
 2 Dec 2008 - 21 Dec 2012  Hugo César Cabezas Bracamonte      (b. 1972)            PSUV
21 Dec 2012 -  3 Dec 2021  Henry de Jesús Rangel Silva        (b. 1961)            PSUV
 3 Dec 2021 -              Gerardo Alfredo Márquez            (b. 1960)            PSUV


Yaracuy

[Yaracuy State (Venezuela)]
Adopted 19 Mar 2000

Governors 
1989 – 1995                Nelson Suárez Montiel              (b. 1944)            COPEI
1995 - 2004                Eduardo Cateno Lapi García         (b. 1964)            CN
2004 - 14 Jun 2008         Carlos Eduardo Giménez Colmenares  (b. 1959)            PODEMOS
14 Jun 2008 -  4 Dec 2008  Álex Sánchez (acting)              (b. 1955 - d. 2020)  PSUV
 4 Dec 2008 -              Julio César León Heredia           (b. 1966)            PSUV


Zulia

[Zulia State (Venezuela)]
Adopted 23 Jan 1991

Governors 
23 Jan 1989 –  1 May 1993  Oswaldo Álvarez Paz                (b. 1943)            COPEI
 1 May 1993 –  3 Dec 1995  Lola "Lolita" Rebeca Aniyar        (b. 1937 - d. 2015)  MAS
                             Sananes de Castro (f)
 3 Dec 1995 - 30 Jul 2000  Francisco Javier Arias Cárdenas    (b. 1950)            LCR
                             (1st time)
 1998 - 1999                Giovanny Villalobos                (b. 1958)
                              (acting for Cárdenas)
1999 - 2000                Germán Valero Chacón               (b. 1964)
                              (acting for Cárdenas)
30 Jul 2000 -  1 Dec 2008  Manuel Antonio Rosales Guerrero    (b. 1952)            UNT
                             (1st time)
 1 Dec 2008 - 20 Dec 2012  Pablo Martín Pérez Álvarez         (b. 1969)            UNT
20 Dec 2012 - 15 Oct 2017  Francisco Javier Arias Cárdenas    (s.a.)               PSUV
                             (2nd time)
15 Oct 2017 - 26 Oct 2017  Juan Pablo Isidoro Guanipa         (b. 1964)            PJ
                             Villalobos
                             (not recognized by state legislature)
15 Oct 2017 - 27 Oct 2017  Francisco Javier Arias Cárdenas    (s.a.)               PSUV                              (state protector)
27 Oct 2017 - 13 Dec 2017  Magdely Beatriz Valbuena Muñoz (f) (b. 1954)            PSUV
                             (acting)
13 Dec 2017 - 10 Dec 2021  Omar José Prieto Fernández         (b. 1969)            PSUV
10 Dec 2021 -              Manuel Antonio Rosales Guerrero    (s.a.)               UNT
                             (2nd time)






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