Vice President of Venezuela

Vice President of Venezuela
Coat of arms of Venezuela
Incumbent Aristóbulo Istúriz since January 6, 2016
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

Executive Vice President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish: Vicepresidente Ejecutivo de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, commonly known simply as the Vice President of Venezuela, is the second highest political position in the government of Venezuela. The Vice President is the direct collaborator of the President of the Republic 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.

Since 6 January 2016, Aristóbulo Istúriz of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela has been Vice President to Nicolás Maduro.

Office of the Executive Vice President

Functions and duties

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 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.
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

The Executive Vice President is appointed and removed by the President. 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

Executive Vice President is the first in line to the succession of the President of Venezuela, when 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

State of Venezuela (1830–1864)

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

Fifth Republic (1999–present)

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term in office — Political party		Notes	President
		Isaías Rodríguez (1942–)	2000		Directly designated		Hugo Chávez (1999–2002)
			Fifth Republic Movement
		Adina Bastidas (1943–)	2000	2002	Directly designated
			Independent
		Diosdado Cabello (1963–)	2002		Directly designated
			Fifth Republic Movement
Vacancy under Pedro Carmona (2002)
Vacancy under Diosdado Cabello (2002)
		José Vicente Rangel (1929–)	2002	2007	Directly designated		Hugo Chávez (2002–2013)
			Fifth Republic Movement
		Jorge Rodríguez (1965–)	2007	2008	Directly designated
			Fifth Republic Movement
		Ramón Carrizales (1952–)	2008	2010	Directly designated
			Fifth Republic Movement United Socialist Party
		Elías Jaua (1969–)	2010	2012	Directly designated
			United Socialist Party
		Nicolás Maduro (1962–)	2012	2013	Directly designated
			United Socialist Party
		Jorge Arreaza (1973–)	2013	2016	Directly designated		Nicolás Maduro (2013–)
			United Socialist Party
		Aristóbulo Istúriz (1946–)	2016	–	Directly designated
			United Socialist Party

See also

• List of Presidents of Venezuela
• List of current Vice Presidents

References

• (Spanish) Vicepresidency of the Republic