Vice President of Venezuela

Vice President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Vicepresidente Ejecutivo de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela

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Incumbent
Delcy Rodríguez

since June 14, 2018

Residence| La Viñeta
Term length| No fixed term
At the President's pleasure
Inaugural holder| Diego Bautista Urbaneja
Formation| 1830
Website| Vicepresidencia de la República

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The Vice President of Venezuela (Spanish: Vicepresidente de Venezuela), officially known as the Executive Vice President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish: Vicepresidente Ejecutivo de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is the second highest political position in the government of Venezuela. The vice president is the direct collaborator of the Venezuelan president according to the Constitution. The office of vice president appeared in the Constitution of 1830 until the Constitution of 1858, and once again in the Constitution of 1999. However, in its current (1999) incarnation, the office is more akin to a prime minister in systems as those of France and South Korea.

Since June 14, 2018, Delcy Rodríguez of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela has been vice president, serving with President Nicolás Maduro.[1]

## Office of the executive vice president

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### Functions and duties

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According to the Constitution of 1999, the duties of the executive vice president are

1. To collaborate with the president of the Republic to direct the actions of the Government.
2. To coordinate the Public National Administration in accordance with the instructions of the president of the Republic.
3. To propose the appointment and the removal of the ministers to the president of the Republic.
4. To preside over the Cabinet if the president is absent or with authorization in advance from the president.
5. To coordinate the relations of the National Executive with the National Assembly.
6. To preside at the Federal Council of Government.
7. To name and to remove, in accordance with the law, the officials or national officials whose designation is not attributed to another authority.
8. To substitute for the president of the Republic on temporary and absolute absences.
9. To exercise the duties delegated to him by the president of the Republic.

### Appointment and removal

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The executive vice president is appointed and removed by the president. The vice president can also be removed with more than two-thirds of the votes in National Assembly. If the National Assembly removes three vice presidents from office during a six-year presidential term, the president is authorized to dissolve the Parliament.

### Presidential succession

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The executive vice president is the first in line to the succession of the president of Venezuela, when the president is unable to fulfill the duties of office in the exceptional cases established in the Article 233 and 234 of the National Constitution.

Former vice presidents Andrés Navarte, Carlos Soublette, Diosdado Cabello (in April 2002) and Nicolás Maduro (in 2012–2013) were all once acting presidents of Venezuela. Soublette and Maduro were also later elected as president.

## List of vice presidents of Venezuela

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### State of Venezuela (1830–1864)

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Portrait  | Name
(Birth–Death) | Term in office

Political party  | Notes  | President

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|
|

|  | Diego Bautista Urbaneja
(1782–1856) | 1830  | 1833  | Interim  |  |
José Antonio Páez
(1830–1835)
Conservative Party
|  | Andrés Narvarte
(1781–1853) | 1830  | 1835  | Indirect elections
Conservative Party  |  |
José María Vargas
(1835)
Vacancy under José María Carreño (1835)
|  | Andrés Narvarte
(1781–1853) | 1835  | 1836  | Indirect elections  |  |
José María Vargas
(1835–1836)
Conservative Party
|  | José María Carreño
(1792–1849) | 1836  | 1837  | Indirect elections  |  |
Andrés Narvarte
(1836–1837)
Conservative Party
|  | Diego Bautista Urbaneja
(1782–1856) | 1837  | Indirect elections  |  |
José María Carreño
(1837)
Conservative Party
Vacancy under Carlos Soublette (1837–1839)
|  | Carlos Soublette
(1789–1870) | 1839  | 1841  | Indirect elections  |  |
José Antonio Páez
(1839–1843)
Conservative Party
|  | Santos Michelena
(1797–1848) | 1841  | 1845  | Indirect elections
Conservative Party  |  |
Carlos Soublette
(1843–1847)
|  | Diego Bautista Urbaneja
(1782–1856) | 1845  | 1847  | Indirect elections
Conservative Party  |  |
José Tadeo Monagas
(1847–1851)
|  | Antonio Leocadio Guzmán
(1801–1884) | 1847  | 1851  | Indirect elections
Liberal Party |  |
José Gregorio Monagas
(1851–1855)
|  | Joaquín Herrera
(1784–1868) | 1851  | 1855  | Interim
Liberal Party
Vacancy under José Tadeo Monagas (1855–1858)
|  | Manuel Felipe de Tovar
(1803–1866) | 1858  | 1859  | Interim  |  |
Julián Castro
(1858–1859)
Liberal Party |  |
Pedro Gual
(1859)
Vacancy under Manuel Felipe de Tovar (1859–1860)
|  | Pedro Gual Escandón
(1783–1862) | 1860  | 1861  | Interim  |  |
Manuel de Tovar
(1859–1861)
Liberal Party
Vacancy under Pedro Gual Escandón (1861)
Vacancy under José Antonio Páez (1861–1863)
|  | Antonio Leocadio Guzmán
(1801–1884) | 1863  | 1868  | Indirect elections  |  |
Juan Crisóstomo Falcón
(1863—1868)
Liberal Party

### United States of Venezuela (1901–1928)

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Portrait  | Name
(Birth–Death) | Term in office
—  | Notes  | President

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|  | Jesús Ramón Ayala
(?–?) | March 1901  | April 1904  | First Vice President[2] |  | Cipriano Castro
|  | Juan Vicente Gómez
(1857–1935) | March 1901  | April 1904  | Second Vice President[2] |  | Cipriano Castro
|  | Juan Vicente Gómez
(1857–1935) | April 1904  | 1908  | First Vice President[2] |  | Cipriano Castro
|  | José Antonio Velutini
(1844–1912) | April 1904  | 1908  | Second Vice President[2] |  | Cipriano Castro
|  | Juan Pietri Pietri
(1849–1911) | Apr 1910  | 28 May 1911[3] |  |  | Juan Vicente Gómez
|  | Juan Crisóstomo Gómez
(1860–1923) | June 1922  | 30 June 1923  | First Vice President  |  | Juan Vicente Gómez
|  | José Vicente Gómez Bello
(1884–1930) | June 1922  | May 1928  | Second Vice President[4] |  | Juan Vicente Gómez

### Fifth Republic (1999–2025)

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Portrait  | Name
(Birth–Death) | Term in office

Political party  | Notes  | President

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|  | Isaías Rodríguez
(1942–2025) | 29 January 2000  | 24 December 2000  | Directly designated  |  |
Hugo Chávez
(1999–2002)
Fifth Republic Movement
|  | Adina Bastidas
(born 1943) | 24 December 2000  | 13 January 2002  | Directly designated
Independent[5]
|  | Diosdado Cabello
(born 1963) | 13 January 2002  | 12 April 2002  | Directly designated
Fifth Republic Movement
Vacancy under Pedro Carmona (2002)
Vacancy under Diosdado Cabello (2002)
|  | Diosdado Cabello
(born 1963) | 14 April 2002  | 28 April 2002  | Directly designated  |  |
Hugo Chávez
(2002–2013)
Fifth Republic Movement
|  | José Vicente Rangel
(1929–2020) | 28 April 2002  | 3 January 2007  | Directly designated
Fifth Republic Movement
|  | Jorge Rodríguez
(born 1965) | 3 January 2007  | 4 January 2008  | Directly designated
Fifth Republic Movement
|  | Ramón Carrizales
(born 1952) | 4 January 2008  | 26 January 2010  | Directly designated
| Fifth Republic Movement
United Socialist Party |
|  | Elías Jaua
(born 1969) | 26 January 2010  | 13 October 2012  | Directly designated
United Socialist Party
|  | Nicolás Maduro
(born 1962) | 13 October 2012  | 8 March 2013  | Directly designated
United Socialist Party
|  | Jorge Arreaza
(born 1973) | 8 March 2013  | 6 January 2016  | Directly designated  |  |
Nicolás Maduro
(2013–)
United Socialist Party
|  | Aristóbulo Istúriz
(1946–2021) | 6 January 2016  | 4 January 2017  | Directly designated
United Socialist Party
|  | Tareck El Aissami
(born 1974) | 4 January 2017  | 14 June 2018  | Directly designated
United Socialist Party
|  | Delcy Rodríguez
(born 1969) | 14 June 2018  | Incumbent  | Directly designated
United Socialist Party

## See also

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* List of presidents of Venezuela
* List of current vice presidents

## References

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Sources

* Vicepresidency of the Republic Archived 2010-02-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

Citations

1. ^ "¡Entérate! Nicolás Maduro anuncia cambio de gabinete vía Twitter". La Patilla (in European Spanish). 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
2. ^ a b c d Rosales, Manuel Landaeta (1905). "Gobiernos de Venezuela desde 1810 hasta 1905" (in Spanish). Tip. Herrera Irigoyen & ca.
3. ^ "Biografía de Arturo Uslar Pietri - Arturo Uslar Pietri". Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes (in Spanish).
4. ^ Alcalde, José Alberto (10 July 2012). "Primos Y Tiranos" (in Spanish). Palibrio.
5. ^ "Adina Bastidas: "Yo asumo mi responsabilidad en el tema del control de cambio"". Aporrea.org (in Spanish). 13 June 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2016.

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