List of Presidents of Venezuela

• José Antonio Páez (1830-1835)
• José María Vargas (1835-1837)
• Carlos Soublette (1837-1839)
• José Antonio Páez (1839-1843)
• Carlos Soublette (1843-1847)
• José Tadeo Monagas (1847-1851)
• José Gregorio Monagas (1851-1855)
• José Tadeo Monagas (1855-1858)
• Julián Castro (1858-1859)
• Pedro Gual (1859)
• Manuel Felipe Tovar (1859-1861)
• Pedro Gual (1861)
• José Antonio Páez (1861-1863)
• Juan Crisóstomo Falcón (1863-1868)
• José Tadeo Monagas (1868)
• José Ruperto Monagas (1868-1870)
• Antonio Guzmán Blanco (1870-1877)
• Francisco Linares Alcántara (1877-1878)
• José Gregorio Varela (1878)
• Antonio Guzmán Blanco (1879-1884)
• Joaquín Crespo (1884-1886)
• Antonio Guzmán Blanco (1886-1887)
• Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl (1888-1890)
• Raimundo Andueza Palacio (1890-1892)
• Joaquín Crespo (1892-1898)
• Ignacio Andrade (1898-1899)
• Cipriano Castro (1899-1908)
• Juan Vicente Gómez (1908-1914)
• Victoriano Márques Bustillos (1914-1915)
• Juan Vicente Gómez (1915-1929)
• Juan Bautista Perez (1929-1931)
• Juan Vicente Gómez (1931-1935)
• Eleazar López Contreras (1935-1941)
• Isaías Medina Angarita (1941-1945)
• Rómulo Betancourt (1945-1948)
• Rómulo Gallegos (1948)
• Carlos Delgado Chalbaud (1948-1950)
• Germán Suárez Flamerich (1950-1952)
• Marcos Pérez Jiménez (1952-1958)
• Wolfgang Larrazábal (1958-1959)
• Edgard Sanabria (1959)
• Rómulo Betancourt (1959-1964)
• Raúl Leoni (1964-1969)
• Rafael Caldera (1969-1974)
• Carlos Andrés Pérez (1974-1979)
• Luis Herrera Campins (1979-1984)
• Jaime Lusinchi (1984-1989)
• Carlos Andrés Pérez [1] (1989-1993)
• Ramón José Velásquez (1993-1994)
• Rafael Caldera (1994-1999)
• Hugo Chávez Frías [2] (1999-present)

[1] Note: On May 21 1993 Pérez resigned after being accused of corruption by the Attorney General. The Congress President (Octavio Lepage) was in charge of the government until Ramón J. Velásquez was elected by the Congress on June 4, 1993.

[2] Note: On April 12 2002 senior military officers staged a coup, arrested Chávez, and purported to install Pedro Carmona Estanga as president. Following a popular uprising, aided by military loyal to Chávez, the coup collapsed and Chávez was restored to power early on April 15 2002.

See also: Politics of Venezuela | History of Venezuela | Venezuela | lists of incumbents