List of Presidents of Venezuela

The President

President

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of Venezuela

Venezuela

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is both the head of state

Head of State

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and also the head of government

Head of government

Head of government is the chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet. In a parliamentary system, the head of government is often styled prime minister, chief minister, premier, etc...

of Venezuela

Venezuela

. The current presidential term is for six years with the constitutionally guaranteed recourse of holding a popular recall referendum anytime within the last three years of a presidential term. On 15 February 2009, a referendum

Venezuelan constitutional referendum, 2009

The 2009 referendum was a vote in which the citizens of Venezuela approved Amendment No. 1 of the Constitution of Venezuela; this abolished term limits for the offices of President, state governors, mayors and National Assembly deputies.The current constitution, enacted in 1999 by referendum,...

removed the previous restrictions which limited the President to two terms. The current president of Venezuela is Hugo Chávez

Hugo Chávez

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías is the 56th and current President of Venezuela, having held that position since 1999. He was formerly the leader of the Fifth Republic Movement political party from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when he became the leader of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela...

.

The designation "Presidente" encompasses only those persons who were sworn into office as President of Venezuela following Venezuela's declaration of independence from Spanish

Spanish Empire

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colonial rule

Imperialism

Imperialism, as defined by Dictionary of Human Geography, is "the creation and/or maintenance of an unequal economic, cultural, and territorial relationships, usually between states and often in the form of an empire, based on domination and subordination." The imperialism of the last 500 years,...

, which took effect on July 5, 1811. The first president, taking office on July 5, 1811, was actually the president of a triumvirate

Triumvirate

A triumvirate is a political regime dominated by three powerful individuals, each a triumvir . The arrangement can be formal or informal, and though the three are usually equal on paper, in reality this is rarely the case...

that rotated the presidency weekly. The person serving as president during the week of July 5 was one of the three signatories of the Declaration of Independence: Cristóbal Mendoza

Cristóbal Mendoza

Cristóbal Hurtado de Mendoza was a Venezuelan politician. Cristobal became the first President of Venezuela in 1811.-Biography:...

. Mendoza shared the triumvirate with Juan Escalona and Baltasar Padrón.

Owing to the profound confusion of the Venezuelan War of Independence

Venezuelan War of Independence

-The First Republic:Criollos resented the mercantilist policies of Spain. Trade was only allowed in Pacific ports which was a terrible burden for Argentina, Paraguay and the Caribbean colonies. This is significant as Cuba and Puerto Rico were forced to allow free trade in 1763 by Britain and...

and the period of Gran Colombia

Gran Colombia

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over what is now Venezuela, this page has gaps between 1814 and 1819. The Congress of Angostura

Congress of Angostura

The Congress of Angostura was summoned by Simón Bolívar and took place in Angostura during the wars of Independence of Colombia and Venezuela. It met from February 15, 1819, to July 31, 1821, when the Congress of Cúcuta began its sessions.It consisted of twenty-six delegates, representing...

appointed Simón Bolívar

Simón Bolívar

Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Yeiter, commonly known as Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader...

"Jefe Supremo de la República de Venezuela" (Supreme Commander of the Republic of Venezuela) from 1819 until 1830. The list below includes interim 'caretaker' as well as regular serving presidents, and democratically installed presidents as well as those installed by other means (e.g.; Marcos Pérez Jiménez

Marcos Pérez Jiménez

Marcos Evangelista Pérez Jiménez was a soldier and Presidents of Venezuela from 1952 to 1958.-Career:Marcos Evangelista Pérez Jiménez was born in Michelena, Táchira State. His father, Juan Pérez Bustamante, was a farmer; his mother, Adela Jiménez, a schoolteacher...

Comments on presidential ordering

The second numbering column reflects the number of the presidency. Since its creation as a republic in 1811, Venezuela has had a total to date of 75 presidencies: a single person serving a single term beginning with Cristóbal Mendoza

Cristóbal Mendoza

Cristóbal Hurtado de Mendoza was a Venezuelan politician. Cristobal became the first President of Venezuela in 1811.-Biography:...

. The second column reflects uninterrupted time in office served by a single person. For example, Juan Crisóstomo Falcón

Juan Crisóstomo Falcón

Juan Crisóstomo Falcón y Zavarce , was the 20th President of Venezuela as well as military commander during the Federal War. Member of the Liberal party, first served as the supreme chief of a rebel movement in August 1859, but the rebellion was soon crushed. After the Coche treaty, is recognized...

served two consecutive terms and is counted in the first column as both 24th presidency and 25th presidency, but this is counted in the second column as the 20th presidential office. The third column lists the actual numbering of distinct individual presidents. Many of the men listed below became President on a provisional basis as they waited for the arrival of the elected or regular president, such as commonly occurs in the aftermath of a civil war

Civil war

A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same nation state or republic, or, less commonly, between two countries created from a formerly-united nation state....

, rebellion

Rebellion

Rebellion, uprising or insurrection, is a refusal of obedience or order. It may, therefore, be seen as encompassing a range of behaviors aimed at destroying or replacing an established authority such as a government or a head of state...

, or coup d'état

Coup d'état

A coup d'état state, literally: strike/blow of state)—also known as a coup, putsch, and overthrow—is the sudden, extrajudicial deposition of a government, usually by a small group of the existing state establishment—typically the military—to replace the deposed government with another body; either...

. As a consequence, other Venezuelan presidential rosters may not choose to include the terms below, citing the extreme brevity of certain terms, unusual circumstances that may have surrounded a president's ascendancy into office, and other factors. The colors shaded about each president indicate the political party affiliation of each President (see key, below).

# (all)	\|# (unique)	\|# (selected all)	President	Dates in office	Form of entry	Occupation
1	1	1	Cristóbal Mendoza Cristóbal Mendoza Cristóbal Hurtado de Mendoza was a Venezuelan politician. Cristobal became the first President of Venezuela in 1811.-Biography:... , Juan Escalona, Baltasar Padrón	March 5, 1811 – March 21, 1812	Executive Triumvirate elected by First Congress	Lawyer, Militia Captain, Landowner
2	2	2	Simón Bolívar Simón Bolívar Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Yeiter, commonly known as Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader...	August 6, 1813 – July 7, 1814	Indirect elections	Military general
3	3	2	Simón Bolívar Simón Bolívar Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Yeiter, commonly known as Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader...	February 15, 1819 – December 17, 1819	Indirect elections	Military general

|- style="background:#ffb6b6;"
|4||4||3||

||José Antonio Páez

José Antonio Páez

José Antonio Páez Herrera was General in Chief of the army fighting Spain during the Venezuelan Wars of Independence, in addition to becoming the President of Venezuela once it was independent of the Gran Colombia...

||January 13, 1830 – January 20, 1835||Indirect elections||Military general
|- style="background:#cef;"
|5||—||5||

||Andrés Narvarte

Andrés Narvarte

Andrés Narvarte was President of Venezuela as interim caretaker .Lawyer and politician, son of Joaquín Narvarte y Descarga and María Josefa Pimentel y de la Mota, was born in La Guaira, 1781. Vice-president of the Republic and President of Venezuela...

||January 20, 1835 – February 9, 1835||Acting President||Lawyer / politician
|- style="background:#ffb6b6;"
|6||5||4||

||José María Vargas

José María Vargas

José María Vargas was the 4th President of Venezuela from 1835–1836.-Life and career:...

||February 9, 1835 – July 9, 1835||Indirect elections||Physician
|- style="background:#cef;"
|7||—||6|||||José María Carreño

José María Carreño

Jose Maria Carreño Blanco was a Venezuelan politician and military, Vice-president in the government of José María Vargas, and provisional President of Venezuela as interim caretaker in 1837. Jose Maria Carreño was the one who lent his shirt to Simón Bolívar, right after his death...

||July 27, 1835 – August 20, 1835||Acting President||Military general
|- style="background:#ffb6b6;"
|8||—||4||

||José María Vargas

José María Vargas

José María Vargas was the 4th President of Venezuela from 1835–1836.-Life and career:...

||August 20, 1835 – April 24, 1836||Restoration||Physician
|- style="background:#cef;"
|9||6||5||

||Andrés Narvarte

Andrés Narvarte

||April 24, 1836 – January 20, 1837||Interim caretaker||Lawyer / politician
|- style="background:#cef;"
|10||7||6|||||José María Carreño

José María Carreño

||January 20, 1837 – March 11, 1837||Interim caretaker||Military general
|- style="background:#ffb6b6;"
|11||8||7||||Carlos Soublette

Carlos Soublette

Carlos Soublette was President of Venezuela 1837-1839 and 1843–1847, and a hero of the Venezuelan War of Independence....

||March 11, 1837 – February 1, 1839||Interim caretaker||Military general
|- style="background:#ffb6b6;"
|12||9||3||

||José Antonio Páez

José Antonio Páez

||February 1, 1839 – January 28, 1843||Indirect elections||Military general
|- style="background:#ffb6b6;"
|13||10||7||||Carlos Soublette

Carlos Soublette

Carlos Soublette was President of Venezuela 1837-1839 and 1843–1847, and a hero of the Venezuelan War of Independence....

||January 28, 1843 – January 20, 1847||Indirect elections||Military general
|- style="background:#ffb6b6;"
|14||11||8||||José Tadeo Monagas

José Tadeo Monagas

José Tadeo Monagas Burgos was President of Venezuela 1847-1851 and 1855–1858, and a hero of the Venezuelan War of Independence...

||January 20, 1847 – February 5, 1851||Indirect elections||Military general
|- style="background:#fff000;"
|15||12||9||||José Gregorio Monagas

José Gregorio Monagas

José Gregorio Monagas was President of Venezuela 1851-1855 and brother of José Tadeo Monagas.General José Gregorio Monagas was born in Aragua de Barcelona, Venezuela, in 1795. His parents were Francisco José Monagas, a merchant from the Canary Islands, and Perfecta Burgos, a native of Cojedes...

||February 5, 1851 – January 20, 1855||Indirect elections||Military general
|- style="background:#fff000;"
|16||13||8||||José Tadeo Monagas

José Tadeo Monagas

José Tadeo Monagas Burgos was President of Venezuela 1847-1851 and 1855–1858, and a hero of the Venezuelan War of Independence...

||January 20, 1855 – March 15, 1858||Indirect elections||Military general
|- style="background:#cef;"
|17||14||10||

||Pedro Gual Escandon

Pedro Gual Escandon

Pedro José Ramón Gual Escandón , was a Venezuelan lawyer, politician, journalist and diplomat...

||March 15, 1858 – March 18, 1858||Provisional President ||Lawyer
|- style="background:#ccf;"
|18||15||11||

||Julián Castro

Julián Castro

- See also :*Venezuela*Presidents of Venezuela...

||March 18, 1858 – August 2, 1859||Coup d'état||Military general
|- style="background:#cef;"
|19||16||10||

||Pedro Gual Escandon

Pedro Gual Escandon

Pedro José Ramón Gual Escandón , was a Venezuelan lawyer, politician, journalist and diplomat...

||August 2, 1859 – September 29, 1859||Provisional President ||Lawyer
|- style="background:#ffb6b6;"
|20||17||11||

||Manuel Felipe de Tovar||September 29, 1859 – May 20, 1861||Coup d'état (first term);
Direct elections (second term)||Politician
|- style="background:#cef;"
|21||18||10||

||Pedro Gual Escandon

Pedro Gual Escandon

Pedro José Ramón Gual Escandón , was a Venezuelan lawyer, politician, journalist and diplomat...

||May 20, 1861 – August 29, 1861||Provisional President ||Lawyer
|- style="background:#ccf;"
|22||19||3||||José Antonio Páez

José Antonio Páez

||August 29, 1861 – June 15, 1863||Dictatorship||Military general
|- style="background:#ccf;"
|23||20||12||

||Juan Crisóstomo Falcón

Juan Crisóstomo Falcón

||June 15, 1863 – March 18, 1865||Victory in the Federal War (first term)||Military general
|- style="background:#cef;"
|24||20||12||

||Juan Crisóstomo Falcón

Juan Crisóstomo Falcón

||March 18, 1865 – April 25, 1868||Indirect elections (second term)||Military general
|- style="background:#cef;"
|25||21||13||||Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual

Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual

Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual , was a military leader committed to liberal ideas, also in charge of the War and Navy Ministry in 1864, and in 1868 was designated provisional President of Venezuela.Bruzual participated actively in the Federal War, being known as the Courageous soldier of Federation,...

||April 25, 1868 – June 28, 1868||Provisional President ||Military officer
|- style="background:#fff000;"
|26||22||14||||Guillermo Tell Villegas

Guillermo Tell Villegas

Guillermo Tell Villegas , was interim President of Venezuela in 1868, 1870 and 1892.-Early career:...

|| June 28, 1868 – February 20, 1869||Provisional President ||Lawyer / Military
|- style="background:#ccf;"
|27||23||15||||José Ruperto Monagas

José Ruperto Monagas

José Ruperto Monagas was President of Venezuela between 1869-1870. Also, he was a son of José Tadeo Monagas.-Biography:...

||February 20, 1869 – April 16, 1870||Revolution||Military general
|- style="background:#fff000;"
|28||24||14||||Guillermo Tell Villegas

Guillermo Tell Villegas

Guillermo Tell Villegas , was interim President of Venezuela in 1868, 1870 and 1892.-Early career:...

||April 16, 1870 – April 27, 1870||Provisional President ||Lawyer / Military
|- style="background:#ccf;"
|29||25||16||||Antonio Guzmán Blanco

Antonio Guzmán Blanco

Antonio Leocadio Guzmán Blanco was President of Venezuela for three separate terms, from 1870–1877, from 1879–1884, and from 1886–1887....

||April 27, 1870 – February 20, 1873||Revolution (first term)||Lawyer / Military general
|- style="background:#fff000;"
|30||25||16||||Antonio Guzmán Blanco

Antonio Guzmán Blanco

Antonio Leocadio Guzmán Blanco was President of Venezuela for three separate terms, from 1870–1877, from 1879–1884, and from 1886–1887....

||February 20, 1873 – February 27, 1877||Indirect elections (second term)||Lawyer / Military general
|- style="background:#fff000;"
|31||26||17||||Francisco Linares Alcántara

Francisco Linares Alcántara

Francisco de Paula Linares Alcántara was President of Venezuela and a member of the Liberal Party of Venezuela, military and Venezuelan politician, president of the Republic , Congress gave him the title of “the Great Democrat”Francisco Linares, spent his childhood in the town of Turmero...

||February 27, 1877 – November 30, 1878||Indirect elections||Military general
|- style="background:#fff000;"
|32||27||18||||José Gregorio Valera||November 30, 1878 – February 26, 1879||Provisional President ||Military general
|- style="background:#fff000;"
|33||28||16||||Antonio Guzmán Blanco

Antonio Guzmán Blanco

Antonio Leocadio Guzmán Blanco was President of Venezuela for three separate terms, from 1870–1877, from 1879–1884, and from 1886–1887....

||February 26, 1879 – May 12, 1880||Election by the Federal States||Lawyer / Military general
|- style="background:#fff000;"
|34||28||16||||Antonio Guzmán Blanco

Antonio Guzmán Blanco

Antonio Leocadio Guzmán Blanco was President of Venezuela for three separate terms, from 1870–1877, from 1879–1884, and from 1886–1887....

||May 12, 1880 – 1882||Election by the Federal States||Lawyer / Military general
|- style="background:#fff000;"
|35||28||16||||Antonio Guzmán Blanco

Antonio Guzmán Blanco

Antonio Leocadio Guzmán Blanco was President of Venezuela for three separate terms, from 1870–1877, from 1879–1884, and from 1886–1887....

||1882 – April 26, 1884||Election by the Federal States||Lawyer / Military general
|- style="background:#fff000;"
|36||29||18||

||Joaquín Sinforiano de Jesús Crespo

Joaquín Crespo

Joaquín Sinforiano de Jesús Crespo Torres was a politician, soldier, a member of the Great Liberal Party of Venezuela and President of Venezuela from 1884 to 1886 and again from 1892 to 1898...

||April 26, 1884 – September 15, 1886||Elections by the Federal States||Military general
|- style="background:#fff000;"
|37||30||16||||Antonio Guzmán Blanco

Antonio Guzmán Blanco

Antonio Leocadio Guzmán Blanco was President of Venezuela for three separate terms, from 1870–1877, from 1879–1884, and from 1886–1887....

||September 15, 1886 – August 8, 1887||Elections by the Federal States||Lawyer / Military general
|- style="background:#cef;"
|38||31||19||||Hermógenes López

Hermógenes López

Hermógenes López was a Venezuelan soldier, farmer and acting president of his country between 1887 and 1888, after the resignation of General Antonio Guzmán Blanco as cause of his voluntary exile in Paris.There is no such information about his childhood, only that was limited to elementary...

||August 8, 1887 – July 2, 1888||Intermin caretaker||Military general
|- style="background:#cef;"
|39||32||20||

||Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl

Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl

Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl was President of Venezuela from 1888 to 1890. He was the first civilian president who was elected by constitutional procedures in 50 years, and the only one who could finish his term properly, until 74 years later.Elected by Antonio Guzmán like his successor, Rojas tried to...

||July 2, 1888 – March 19, 1890||Elections by the Federal States||Lawyer
|- style="background:#cef;"
|40||33||27||

||Raimundo Andueza Palacio||March 19, 1890 – June 17, 1892||Elections by the Federal States||Lawyer
|- style="background:#fff000;"
|41||34||—||||Guillermo Tell Villegas

Guillermo Tell Villegas

Guillermo Tell Villegas , was interim President of Venezuela in 1868, 1870 and 1892.-Early career:...

||June 17, 1892 – August 31, 1892||Provisional President ||Lawyer / Military
|- style="background:#fff000;"
|42||—||—||||Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido

Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido

Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido , was a Venezuelan lawyer, journalist and politician. Acting president of Venezuela in 1892, during the crisis of the Revolución Legalista , led by Joaquín Crespo....

||August 31, 1892 – October 7, 1892||Provisional President ||Lawyer
|- style="background:#ccf;"
|43||35||28||

||Joaquín Sinforiano de Jesús Crespo

Joaquín Crespo

Joaquín Sinforiano de Jesús Crespo Torres was a politician, soldier, a member of the Great Liberal Party of Venezuela and President of Venezuela from 1884 to 1886 and again from 1892 to 1898...

||October 7, 1892 – March 14, 1894||Revolution||Military general
|- style="background:#ccf;"
|44||35||29||

||Joaquín Sinforiano de Jesús Crespo

Joaquín Crespo

Joaquín Sinforiano de Jesús Crespo Torres was a politician, soldier, a member of the Great Liberal Party of Venezuela and President of Venezuela from 1884 to 1886 and again from 1892 to 1898...

||March 14, 1894 – February 28, 1898||Elections by the Federal States||Military general
|- style="background:#fff000;"
|45||36||30||||Ignacio Andrade

Ignacio Andrade

Ignacio Andrade Troconis , was a military and politician, member of the Liberal yellow party, President of Venezuela 1898–1899, his election was declaredly clouded by fraud.- Early life and career :...

||February 28, 1898 – October 20, 1899||Direct elections||Politician
|- style="background:#ccf;"
|46||37||31||||Cipriano Castro Ruiz

Cipriano Castro

José Cipriano Castro Ruiz was a high ranking member of the Venezuelan military, politician and the President of Venezuela from 1899 to 1908...

||October 20, 1899 – December 19, 1908||Revolution||Military general
|- style="background:#ccf;"
|47||38||32||

||Juan Vicente Gómez

Juan Vicente Gómez

Juan Vicente Gómez Chacón was a military general and de facto ruler of Venezuela from 1908 until his death in 1935. He was president on three occasions during this time, and ruled as an unelected military strongman for the rest of the era.-Early years:Gómez was a barely literate cattle herder and...

||December 19, 1908 – August 5, 1913||Coup d'état||Military general
|- style="background:#cef;"
|48||—||—||||José Gil Fortoul

José Gil Fortoul

José Gil Fortoul was a writer, historian, politician and member of Venezuelan positivism, appointed as Provisional President in 1913...

||August 5, 1913 – April 19, 1914||Appointed provisional president||Lawyer
|- style="background:#cef;"
|49||—||—||||Victorino Márquez Bustillos||April 19, 1914 – 1922||Appointed provisional president||Lawyer / politician
|- style="background:#ccf;"
|50||40||32||||Juan Vicente Gómez

Juan Vicente Gómez

||1922 – May 30, 1929||—||Military general
|- style="background:#cef;"
|51||41||—||

||Juan Bautista Pérez

Juan Bautista Pérez

Juan Bautista Pérez , was a Venezuelan lawyer, magistrate and President between 1929 until 1931.Graduates as lawyer at the Central University of Venezuela near 1895, practicing his profession in the town of Villa de Cura, Aragua state...

||May 30, 1929 – June 13, 1931||Indirect election by the National Assembly||Lawyer / magistrate
|- style="background:#ccf;"
|52||42||32||||Juan Vicente Gómez

Juan Vicente Gómez

||June 13, 1931 – December 17, 1935||Indirect election by the National Assembly||Military general
|- style="background:#cef;"
|53||43||33||

||Eleazar López Contreras

Eleazar López Contreras

José Eleazar López Contreras was President of Venezuela . López was a general and one of Juan Vicente Gómez's collaborators.Eleazar López was the only child of Col. Manuel Maria López and Catalina Contreras...

||December 18, 1935 – June 30, 1936||Interim caretaker (first term)||Military general
|- style="background:#cef;"
|54||43||34||

||Eleazar López Contreras

Eleazar López Contreras

||June 30, 1936 – May 5, 1941||Indirect elections (second term)||Military general
|- style="background:#cef;"
|55||44||35||||Isaías Medina Angarita

Isaías Medina Angarita

Isaías Medina Angarita was a Venezuelan military and political leader, president of Venezuela from 1941 until 1945....

||May 5, 1941 – October 18, 1945||Indirect elections||Military general
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|56||45||36|||||Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello

Rómulo Betancourt

Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello , known as "The Father of Venezuelan Democracy", was President of Venezuela from 1945 to 1948 and again from 1959 to 1964, as well as leader of Accion Democratica, Venezuela's dominant political party in the 20th century...

||October 19, 1945 – February 17, 1948||Coup d'état||Politician
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|57||46||37||||Rómulo Gallegos Freire

Rómulo Gallegos

Rómulo Ángel del Monte Carmelo Gallegos Freire was a Venezuelan novelist and politician. For a period of some nine months during 1948, he was the first cleanly elected president in his country's history....

||February 17, 1948 – November 24, 1948||Direct elections||Writer / Novelist
|- style="background:#ccf;"
|58||47||38||

||Carlos Delgado Chalbaud

Carlos Delgado Chalbaud

Carlos Román Delgado Chalbaud Gómez was a Venezuelan career military officer, and as leader of a military junta was President of Venezuela from 1948 to 1950. By 1945 he was a high-ranking officer and was among the leaders of a military coup which brought to power the mass membership party...

||November 24, 1948 – November 13, 1950||Coup d'état||Military officer
|- style="background:#cef;"
|59||48||39||||Germán Suárez Flamerich

Germán Suárez Flamerich

Germán Suárez Flamerich was President of Venezuela from 1950 to 1952.Flamerich was a lawyer, college professor, diplomat, and politician. He was president of the "Junta de Gobierno" 1950-1952, after the assassination of Carlos Delgado Chalbaud. His parents were J.M. Suárez and Clorinda Flamerich...

||November 27, 1950 – December 2, 1952||Interim caretaker||Lawyer
|- style="background:#ccf;"
|60||49||40||||Marcos Pérez Jiménez

Marcos Pérez Jiménez

||December 2, 1952 – January 23, 1958||Indirect elections||Military officer
|- style="background:#cef;"
|61||50||41||||Wolfgang Larrazábal

Wolfgang Larrazábal

Wolfgang Enrique Larrazábal Ugueto , commander of the Venezuelan Navy, became President of Venezuela following the overthrow of Marcos Pérez Jiménez on 23 January 1958....

||January 23, 1958 – November 14, 1958||Coup d'état||Rear admiral
|- style="background:#cef;"
|62||51||42||

||Edgar Sanabria

Edgar Sanabria

Edgar Sanabria Arcia was a Venezuelan lawyer, diplomat, and politician, member of the provisional Government Junta, after the overthrow of Marcos Pérez Jiménez on 23 January 1958, and interim President of Venezuela in 1959....

||November 14, 1958 – February 13, 1959||Interim caretaker||Lawyer
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|63||52||43||||Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello

Rómulo Betancourt

||February 13, 1959 – March 13, 1964||Direct elections||Politician
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|64||53||44||||Raúl Leoni Otero

Raúl Leoni

Raúl Leoni Otero was President of Venezuela from 1964 until 1969. He fought against the dictators Juan Vicente Gómez and Marcos Pérez Jiménez, and was a charter member of the Acción Democrática party....

||March 13, 1964 – March 11, 1969||Direct elections||Lawyer
|- style="background:#ac9;"
|65||54||45||||Rafael Caldera Rodríguez

Rafael Caldera

Rafael Antonio Caldera Rodríguez was president of Venezuela from 1969 to 1974 and again from 1994 to 1999.Caldera taught sociology and law at various universities before entering politics. He was a founding member of COPEI, Venezuela's Christian Democratic party...

||March 11, 1969 – March 12, 1974||Direct elections||Lawyer
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|66||55||46||||Carlos Andrés Pérez Rodríguez

Carlos Andrés Pérez

Carlos Andrés Pérez Rodríguez , also known as CAP and often referred to as El Gocho , was a Venezuelan politician, President of Venezuela from 1974 to 1979 and again from 1989 to 1993. His first presidency was known as the Saudi Venezuela due to its economic and social prosperity thanks to...

||March 12, 1974 – March 12, 1979||Direct elections||Politician
|- style="background:#ac9;"
|67||56||47||||Luis Herrera Campins

Luis Herrera Campins

Luis Antonio Herrera Campins was President of Venezuela from 1979 to 1984. He was elected to one five-year term in 1978. He was a member of the COPEI party.- Early Life and career:...

||March 12, 1979 – February 2, 1984||Direct elections||Lawyer
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|68||57||48||||Jaime Lusinchi

Jaime Lusinchi

Jaime Ramón Lusinchi is a Venezuelan politician who was the President of Venezuela from 1984 to 1989. His term was characterized by an economic crisis, growth of the External debt, populist policies, currency depreciation, inflation and corruption that exacerbated the crisis of the political...

||February 2, 1984 – February 2, 1989||Direct elections||Physician
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|69||58||49||||Carlos Andrés Pérez Rodríguez

Carlos Andrés Pérez

||February 2, 1989 – May 21, 1993||Direct elections||Politician
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|70||—||—||

||Octavio Lepage Barreto

Octavio Lepage

Octavio Lepage Barreto, was Acting President of Venezuela from 21 May 1993 to 5 June 1993....

||May 21, 1993 – June 5, 1993||Interim president||Lawyer / Politician
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|71||59||50||||Ramón José Velásquez

Ramón José Velásquez

Ramón José Velásquez Mujica is a Venezuelan political figure. He served as Acting president of Venezuela between 1993 and 1994. He is known as a historian, journalist, lawyer, politician and entertainer of companies for his knowledge of the "national life".Velásquez was born in Táchira,Venezuela...

||June 5, 1993 – February 2, 1994||Interim president||Writer
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|72||60||51||||Rafael Caldera Rodríguez

Rafael Caldera

||February 2, 1994 – February 2, 1999||Direct elections||Lawyer
|- style="background:#fcc;"
|73||61||52||||Hugo Rafael Chávez Frias

Hugo Chávez

||February 2, 1999 – January 10, 2001||Direct elections||Military officer
(Lt. colonel)
|- style="background:#fcc;"
|74||62||52||||Hugo Rafael Chávez Frias

Hugo Chávez

||January 10, 2001 – January 10, 2007||Direct elections||Military officer
(Lt. colonel)
|- style="background:#fcc;"
|75||63||52||||Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías

Hugo Chávez

||January 10, 2007 – present||Direct elections||Military officer
(Lt. colonel)
|}

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