2017 in Venezuela

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The following lists events in the year 2017 in Venezuela.

## Incumbents[edit]

* President: Nicolás Maduro
* Vice President: Aristóbulo Istúriz (until January 4), Tareck El Aissami (starting January 4)

### Governors[edit]

* Amazonas: Liborio Guarulla then Miguel Rodríguez
* Anzoátegui: Nelson Moreno then Antonio Barreto Sira
* Apure: Ramón Carrizales
* Aragua: Caryl Bertho then Rodolfo Clemente Marco Torres
* Barinas: Zenaida Gallardo then Argenis Chávez
* Bolívar: Francisco Rangel Gómez then Justo Noguera Pietri
* Carabobo: Gustavo Pulido Cardier then Rafael Lacava
* Cojedes: Margaud Godoy
* Delta Amacuro: Lizeta Hernández
* Falcón: Stella Lugo then Víctor Clark
* Guárico: Ramón Rodríguez Chacín then José Manuel Vásquez
* Lara: Henri Falcón (until October 16); Carmen Meléndez (starting October 16)
* Mérida: Alexis Ramirez then Ramón Guevara
* Miranda: Henrique Capriles Radonski then Héctor Rodríguez
* Monagas: Yelitza Santaella
* Nueva Esparta: Carlos Mata Figueroa then Alfredo Díaz
* Portuguesa: Reinaldo Castañeda then Rafael Calles
* Sucre: Edwin Rojas
* Táchira: José Vielma Mora then Laidy Gómez
* Trujillo: Henry Rangel Silva
* Vargas: Jorge García Carneiro
* Yaracuy: Julio León Heredia
* Zulia: Francisco Arias Cárdenas then Juan Pablo Guanipa then Magdely Valbuena then Omar Prieto

## Events[edit]

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For events regarding the protests, see Timeline of the 2017 Venezuelan protests.

### February[edit]

* 14 February - The United States sanctions Vice President El Aissami over allegations of playing a role in drug trafficking, freezing his assets in the US and barring him from entering the country.[1]
* 15 February - Venezuela bans CNN from the country after allegations of spreading propaganda.[2]

### October[edit]

* 15 October - The Bolivarian government Great Patriotic Pole won 18 of the 23 governorships while the opposition only 5 during the 2017 Venezuelan regional elections

### December[edit]

* 3 December - President Nicolás Maduro announces the creation of a new cryptocurrency the petro.[3]
* 10 December - The Bolivarian government Great Patriotic Pole won 306 of the 337 Mayorships during the 2017 Venezuelan municipal elections.

## Deaths[edit]

Octavio Lepage

* 1 January – Memo Morales, singer (b. 1937).[4]
* 6 January – Octavio Lepage, politician (b. 1923).[5]
* 26 June – Isaías Pimentel, tennis player (b. 1933)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "US sanctions Venezuela vice-president over trafficking claims". BBC News. 13 February 2017.
2. ^ "Venezuela bans CNN after report alleges Iraq passport fraud". BBC News. 15 February 2017.
3. ^ "Venezuela unveils virtual currency amid economic crisis". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2023-05-28.
4. ^ "Falleció Memo Morales durante un concierto de fin de año". globovision.com (in Spanish). 1 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
5. ^ "Falleció el expresidente interino de Venezuela, Octavio Lepage". globovision.com (in Spanish). 6 January 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.

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