24 Aug 1499 - 27 Mar 1528 Claimed for Spain
27 Mar 1528 - 14 Jul 1811 Spainish colony, part of Santo Domingo
27 May 1717 - 11 May 1724 Subject to Viceroyalty of Nueva Granada
11 May 1724 - 20 Aug 1739 Subject to Santo Domingo
20 Aug 1739 - 08 Sep 1777 Subject to Viceroyalty of Nueva Granada
08 Sep 1777 - 14 Jul 1811 Captaincy-general of Venezuela
18 Feb 1797 Trinadad Annexed by Great Britain
14 Jul 1811 - 25 Jul 1812 Independence, United states of Venezuela
25 Jul 1812 - 07 May 1816 Re-conquest by Spain
17 Dec 1819 - 13 Jan 1830 Part of Greater Colombia
13 Jan 1830 - 03 May 1864 Republic of Venezuela
03 May 1864 - 19 Apr 1953 United States of Venezuela
19 Apr 1953 - 30 Dec 1999 Republic of Venezuela
30 Dec 1999 - 12 Apr 2002 Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
12 Apr - 13 Apr 2002 Republic of Venezuela
13 Apr 2002 - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
President of the Supreme Executive Power
28 Mar 1811 - 03 Apr 1812 José Cristóbal Hurtado de Mendoza y Montilla ........ 1772-1829
Liberator
08 Aug 1813 - 17 Dec 1819 Simón José de la Santísima Trinidad
Bolívar y Palacios ................................. 1783-1830
Indendents of the Venezuela department of Gran Colombia
1819 - 1824 Carlos Valentín Josédela Soledad Antonio del
Sacramento Soublette y Jerez de Aristeguieta ....... 1789-1870
1824 - 1826 Juan Manuel de Escalona Arguinzones ................. 1768-1833
1826 - 1828 José Cristóbal Hurtado de Mendoza y Montilla ........ 1772-1829
1828 - 1829 José Rafael Revenga ................................. 1786-1852
1829 - 1830 Pedro Briceño Méndez ................................ 1792-1835
Presidents
13 Jan 1830 - 20 Jan 1835 José Antonio Páez Herrera (1st Time) ................ 1790-1873
20 Jan - 09 Feb 1835 Andrés Narvarte Pimentel (1st Time) ................. 1781-1853
09 Feb - 08 Jul 1835 José María de los Dolores Vargas Ponce .............. 1786-1854
(1st Time)
13 Jul - 28 Jul 1835 Santiago Mariño Carige .............................. 1788-1864
28 Jul - 20 Aug 1835 José María Carreño Blanco (1st Time) ................ 1792-1848
20 Aug 1835 - 24 Apr 1836 José María de los Dolores Vargas Ponce
(2nd Time)
24 Apr 1836 - 20 Jan 1837 Andrés Narvarte Pimentel (2nd Time)
20 Jan - 11 Mar 1837 José María Carreño Blanco (2nd Time)
11 Mar 1837 - 01 Feb 1839 Carlos Valentín Josédela Soledad Antonio del
Sacramento Soublette y Jerez de Aristeguieta ....... s.a
(1st Time)
01 Feb 1839 - 20 Jan 1843 Santos Michelena y Rojas Queipo
28 Jan 1843 - 01 Mar 1847 Carlos Valentín José de la Soledad Antonio del
Sacramento Soublette y Jerez de Aristeguieta
(2nd Time)
01 Mar 1847 - 05 Feb 1851 José Tadeo Monagas Burgos (1st Time) ................ 1784-1868
05 Feb 1851 - 20 Jan 1855 José Gregorio Monagas Burgos ........................ 1795-1858
31 Jan 1855 - 18 Mar 1858 José Tadeo Monagas Burgos (2nd Time)
15 Mar - 18 Mar 1858 Pedro José Ramón Gual Escandón (1st Time) ........... 1813-1884
(President of the Provisional Government)
18 Mar 1858 - 02 Aug 1859 Julián Castro Contreras ............................. 1805-1875
(Supreme Chief of the Liberation Army)
29 Sep 1859 - 20 May 1861 Manuel Felipe de Tovar y de Tovar ................... 1803-1866
21 May - 10 Sep 1861 Pedro José Ramón Gual Escandón (2nd Time)
10 Sep 1861 - 17 Jun 1863 José Antonio Páez Herrera (2nd Time)
24 Jul 1863 - 18 Mar 1865 Juan Crisóstomo Falcón y Zavarce (1st Time) ......... 1820-1870
18 Mar - 07 Jun 1865 Antonio Leocadio Guzmán Blanco (2nd Time)
(acting)
07 Jun 1865 - 27 Jun 1868 Juan Crisóstomo Falcón y Zavarce (2nd Time)
28 Jun 1868 - 08 Mar 1869 Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido (1st Time) ........... 1823-1907
(acting from 22 Feb 1869)
08 Mar 1869 - 20 Mar 1870 José Ruperto Saturnino Monagas Oriach ............... 1831-1880
20 Mar - 11 Apr 1870 Juan Vicente González Delgado ....................... 1825-1902
11 Apr - 27 Apr 1870 Esteban de Palacios y Vegas ......................... 1835-1876
27 Apr 1870 - 20 Feb 1877 Antonio Leocadio Guzmán Blanco (3rd Time)
21 Feb - 02 Mar 1877 Jacinto Gutiérrez y Martínez de Aleman (1st Time) ... 1808-1884
02 Mar 1877 - 30 Nov 1878 Francisco de Paula Linares Alcantrara ............... 1825-1878
30 Nov - 31 Dec 1878 Jacinto Gutiérrez y Martínez de Aleman (2nd Time)
01 Jan - 13 Feb 1879 José Gregorio Valera Linares
(acting)
13 Feb - 26 Feb 1879 José Gregorio Cedeno ................................ 1830-1891
(Supreme Chief, in rebellion from 29 Dec 1878)
26 Feb - 08 May 1879 Antonio Leocadio Guzmán Blanco (2nd Time)
08 May - 12 May 1879 José Rafael Pacheco Rodríguez ....................... 1829-1884
(acting)
12 May 1879 - 27 Apr 1884 Antonio Leocadio Guzmán Blanco (3rd Time)
27 Apr 1884 - 27 Apr 1886 Joaquín Sinforiano de Jesús Crespo Torres ........... 1841-1886
(1st Time)
27 Apr - 15 Sep 1886 Manuel Antonio Díez y López de Umérez ............... 1838-1916
(acting)
15 Sep 1886 - 05 Jul 1888 Antonio Leocadio Guzmán Blanco (4th Time)
05 Jul 1888 - 19 Mar 1890 Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl ............................... 1826-1905
19 Mar 1890 - 17 Jun 1892 Raimundo Andueza Palacio ............................ 1846-1900
17 Jun - 07 Oct 1892 Guillermo Tell Villeges Pulido
(2nd Time, acting)
07 Oct 1892 - 28 Feb 1894 Joaquín Sinforiano de Jesús Crespo Torres (2nd Time)
28 Feb - 14 Mar 1894 Manuel Guzmán Álvarez (1st Time) .................... 1830-1912
14 Mar 1894 - 20 Feb 1898 Joaquín Sinforiano de Jesús Crespo Torres (3rd Time)
20 Feb - 28 Feb 1898 Manuel Guzmán Álvarez (2nd Time)
28 Feb 1898 - 20 Oct 1899 Ignacio Andrade Troconis ............................ 1839-1925
20 Oct - 23 Oct 1899 Víctor Rodríguez Párraga ............................ 1836-1918 Mil
23 Oct 1899 - 11 Aug 1909 Cipriano Castro Ruiz ................................ 1858-1924 Mil
11 Aug 1909 - 19 Apr 1910 Juan Vicente Gómez Chacó (1st Time) ................. 1857-1935 Mil
19 Apr - 29 Apr 1910 Emilio Constantino Guerrero Guerrero ................ 1866-1920
(acting)
29 Apr - 03 Jun 1910 Jesús Ramón Ayala Anzola ............................ 1842-1920 Mil
(acting)
03 Jun 1910 - 19 Apr 1914 Juan Vicente Gómez Chacó (2nd Time)
19 Apr 1914 - 24 Jun 1922 Victorino Márquez Bustillos ......................... 1858-1941
24 Jun 1922 - 19 Apr 1929 Juan Vicente Gómez Chacó (3rd Time)
19 Apr 1929 - 13 Jun 1931 Juan Bautista Pérez de Velasco Pérez ................ 1869-1952
13 Jun - 13 Jul 1931 Pedro Itriago Chacín ................................ 1875-1936
(acting)
13 Jul 1931 - 17 Dec 1935 Juan Vicente Gómez Chacó (4th Time)
17 Dec 1935 - 05 May 1941 José Eleazar López Contreras ........................ 1883-1973 Mil
05 May 1941 - 19 Oct 1945 Isaías Medina Angarita .............................. 1897-1953
19 Oct 1945 - 15 Feb 1948 Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello ..................... 1908-1981
15 Feb - 24 Nov 1948 Rómulo Ángel del Monte Carmelo Gallegos Freire ...... 1884-1969
24 Nov 1948 - 02 Dec 1952 Military Junta
- Carlos Román Delgado Chalbaud (to 13 Nov 1950) ...... 1909-1950
- Germán Suárez Flamerich ............................. 1907-1990 Mil
- Luis Felipe Llovera Páez Jiménez .................... 1913-1977 Mil
02 Dec 1952 - 23 Jan 1958 Marcos Evangelista Pérez Jiménez .................... 1914-2001
23 Jan - 14 Nov 1958 Wolfgang Enrique Larrazábal Ugueto .................. 1911-2003
(Chairman of the Junta)
14 Nov 1958 - 13 Feb 1959 Edgar Sanabria Arcia ................................ 1911-1989
(Chairman of the Junta)
13 Feb 1959 - 11 Mar 1964 Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello ..................... s.a
11 Mar 1964 - 11 Mar 1969 Raúl Leoni Otero .................................... 1905-1972
11 Mar 1969 - 12 Mar 1974 Rafael Antonio Caldera Rodríguez (1st Time) ......... 1916-2009
12 Mar 1974 - 12 Mar 1979 Carlos Andrés Pérez Rodríguez (1st Time) ............ 1922-2010 CD
12 Mar 1979 - 02 Feb 1984 Luis Antonio Herrera Campins ........................ 1925-2007
02 Feb 1984 - 02 Feb 1989 Jaime Ramón Lusinchi ................................ 1924-2014 AD
01 Feb 1989 - 31 Aug 1993 Carlos Andrés Pérez Rodríguez (2nd Time)
21 May - 31 Aug 1993 Octavio Lepage Barreto .............................. 1923-2017 AD
(acting for Pérez)
31 Aug 1993 - 02 Feb 1994 Ramón José Velásquez Mujica ......................... 1916-2014
02 Feb 1994 - 02 Feb 1999 Rafael Antonio Caldera Rodríguez (2nd Time)
02 Feb 1999 - 11 Apr 2002 Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (1st Time) ................. 1954-2013 MVR
11 Apr - 13 Apr 2002 Efrain Vasquez Valesco
(Chairmen of the military commission)
12 Apr - 13 Apr 2002 Pedro Francisco Carmona Estanga ..................... 1941-
(President of the transitional government)
13 Apr - 14 Apr 2002 Diosdado Cabello Rondón ............................. 1963- MVR
(acting for Chávez)
14 Apr 2002 - 05 Mar 2013 Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías* (2nd Time)
10 Dec 2012 - Nicolás Maduro Moros ................................ 1962- PSUV
(acting [for Chávez to 05 Mar 2013])
23 Jan 2019 - 05 Jan 2023 Juan Gerardo Antonio Guaidó Márquez ................. 1983- VP
(in opposition to Maduro)
05 Jan 2023 - Dinorah Figuera ..................................... 1961- PJ
(in opposition to Maduro)
Executive Vice-presidents
24 Jan - 28 Dec 2000 Julían Isaías Rodríguez Daíz ........................ 1942- MVR
28 Dec 2000 - 13 Jan 2002 Adina Mercedes Bastidas Castillo .................... 1943- MVR
13 Jan - 11 Apr 2002 Diosdado Cabello Rondón ............................. 1963- MVR
05 May 2002 - 08 Jan 2007 José Vicente Rangel Vale ............................ 1929-2020 MVR
08 Jan 2007 - 06 Jan 2008 Dr. Jorge Rodríguez Gómez ........................... 1965- MVR
06 Jan 2008 - 25 Jan 2010 Ramón Alonso Carrizales Rengifo ..................... 1952- PSUV
26 Jan 2010 - 13 Oct 2012 Elías José Jaua Milano .............................. 1969- PSUV
13 Oct 2012 - 05 Mar 2013 Nicolás Maduro Moros ................................ s.a
08 Mar 2013 - 06 Jan 2016 Jorge Arreaza Monserrat ............................. 1973- PSUV
06 Jan 2016 - 04 Jan 2017 Aristóbulo Istúriz Almeida .......................... 1946-2021 PSUV
04 Jan 2017 - 14 Jun 2018 Tareck Zaiden El Aissami Maddah ..................... 1974- PSUV
14 Jun 2018 - Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez ........................ 1969- PSUV
Note: Some sources state Hugo Chaves actually died on 28 Dec 2012.