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The president must be at least 30 years of age, and has to be a "natural born" citizen of Venezuela, and cannot possess any other citizenship. This list includes only those persons who were sworn into office as president following the establishment of the independent State of Venezuela , which took place on January 13, 1830.
Historieta de Venezuela: De Macuro a Maduro (1st ed.). Gráficas Pedrazas. ISBN 978-1-7328777-1-9. Tarver, H. Micheal. The Rise and Fall of Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez: An Historical Examination, Volume 1: The Early Years 1936-1973. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 2001. Tarver, H. Micheal.
The Province of Venezuela in 1656, by Sanson Nicolas. One of the first maps about Venezuela and near regions. 5 July 1811 (fragment), painting by Juan Lovera in 1811.. The history of Venezuela reflects events in areas of the Americas colonized by Spain starting 1502; amid resistance from indigenous peoples, led by Native caciques, such as Guaicaipuro and Tamanaco.
The president is also the commander-in-chief of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces (FANB). The powers and obligations of the president of Venezuela are established, limited and numbered by articles 236 and 237 of the constitution: To comply with and enforce the Constitution and the law. To direct the activity of the Government.
In brief, Venezuela was not a cohesive country, but the political forces that determined its history were not entirely arbitrary or chaotic. In the seventy years from 1829 to 1899, by one official tally [citation needed], Venezuela had thirty presidential terms, but this leaves out some transitional presidencies which would boost the figure to ...
President Maduro was formally inaugurated as President of Venezuela on 19 April 2013, after the election commission had promised a full audit of the election results. [166] [167] In October 2013, Maduro requested an enabling law to rule by decree in order to fight corruption [168] [169] and to also fight what he called an 'economic war'. [170]
Pardoned from prison two years later, he founded the Fifth Republic Movement political party, and then receiving 56.2% of the vote, was elected president of Venezuela in 1998. He was reelected in the 2000 Venezuelan general election with 59.8% of the vote and again in the 2006 Venezuelan presidential election , with 62.8% of the vote.
Venezuela saw ten years of military dictatorship from 1948 to 1958. After the 1948 Venezuelan coup d'état brought an end a three-year experiment in democracy (" El Trienio Adeco "), a triumvirate of military personnel controlled the government until 1952, when it held presidential elections .