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President of the National Assembly of Venezuela

Presiding officer of the National Assembly of Venezuela

Presiding officer of the National Assembly of Venezuela

FieldValue
postPresident
bodythe National Assembly
insigniaCoat of arms of Venezuela.svg
insigniasize150px
incumbent[Disputed](2020-venezuelan-parliamentary-election) between Jorge Rodríguez and Dinorah Figuera
incumbentsince5 January 2023
appointerNational Assembly
termlength1 year
inauguralWillian Lara
formation10 August 2000
deputyFirst Vice President
website

The president of the National Assembly () is the presiding officer (speaker) of the National Assembly, Venezuela's unicameral legislature. The president's term coincides with the term of the legislature (five years as per constitutional convention). The post has existed since the election of the first National Assembly in 2000. Before the creation of the National Assembly with the adoption of the 1999 constitution, the country's legislature was the bicameral Congress, which contained the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. The last president of the Senate was Luis Alfonso Dávila, and the last president of the Chamber of Deputies was Henrique Capriles Radonski.

Since 5 January 2019, Juan Guaidó, a member of the Popular Will (VP) party and the Democratic Unity Roundtable coalition, has been President of the National Assembly. On 5 January 2020, however, state police blocked some deputies' entry to the chambers of the National Assembly as Luis Parra was elected to be the next president of the Assembly, with Guaidó and his allies alleging the election took place without a quorum being present. However, José Noriega of the Popular Will party and second vice-president of the National Assembly stated that a sufficient number of votes were cast for a valid election. Following the disputed election, two competing claims emerged over the post – one by Luis Parra and one by Juan Guaidó, with both claiming to be the legitimate President of the National Assembly.

In 2020, parliamentary elections took place in Venezuela, in which, without opposition participation and amid claims for fraud and lack of transparency, Chavismo took full control of the legislature. Since January 5, 2021, the date on which the majority socialist parliament began sessions – the V Legislature, Jorge Rodríguez claims to be the president of the National Assembly, while the IV Legislature, elected in 2015 and recognized by a considerable part of the international community, extended its functions through a referendum, so Juan Guaidó also continues to maintain that he leads the Venezuelan parliament. By this situation, it is understood that two parliaments now operate in parallel in the country, one elected in 2015 with an opposition majority, and another elected in 2020 with a Chavista majority.

Constitutional role

The president of the National Assembly's authority resides in Article 194 of the Venezuelan constitution (section 2, chapter 1, Title V: "On the Organization of the National Public Authority"), which states the deputies are to elect a president and two vice-presidents from among themselves to administer and represent the National Assembly for a period of one year. Alongside the president and the two vice-presidents, the deputies also elect a -secretary and an under-secretary. The president of the National Assembly is second in the line of succession of the president of Venezuela after the vice president, as stated in Article 233 of the constitution.

List of presidents of the National Assembly

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officeStateLegislaturePartyFifth Republic Movement}}; color:white;"1Fifth Republic Movement}}; color:white;"2Fifth Republic Movement}}; color:white;"3United Socialist Party of Venezuela}}; color:white;"4United Socialist Party of Venezuela}}; color:white;"5United Socialist Party of Venezuela}}; color:white;"6Democratic Action}}; color:white;"7Justice First}};"8A New Era}}; color:white;"9Popular Will}};"10United Socialist Party of Venezuela}}; color:white;"11United Socialist Party of Venezuela}}; color:white;"12Justice First}};"(11)
[[File:Coat of arms of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg80px]]Willian Lara
(1959–2010)10 August 20005 January 2003Guárico[1st](2000-venezuelan-general-election)Fifth Republic Movement
[[File:Coat of arms of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg80px]]Francisco Ameliach
(born 1963)5 January 20035 January 2005CaraboboFifth Republic Movement
[[File:Nicolas Maduro in Brasilia.jpg80px]]Nicolás Maduro
(born 1962)5 January 20057 August 2006Capital District[2nd](2005-venezuelan-parliamentary-election)Fifth Republic Movement
[[File:Cilia Flores 2013.jpg80px]]Cilia Flores
(born 1956)15 August 20065 January 2011Capital DistrictFifth Republic Movement
United Socialist Party
[[File:Coat of arms of Venezuela.svg80px]]
(born 1933)5 January 20115 January 2012Falcón[3rd](2010-venezuelan-parliamentary-election)United Socialist Party
(GPP)
[[File:Diosdado Cabello 2013 cropped.jpg80px]]Diosdado Cabello
(born 1963)5 January 20125 January 2016MonagasUnited Socialist Party
(GPP)
[[File:Henry Ramos Allup Portrait.jpg80px]]Henry Ramos Allup
(born 1943)5 January 20165 January 2017Capital District[4th](2015-venezuelan-parliamentary-election)Democratic Action
(MUD)
[[File:Julio Andrés Borges.png80px]]Julio Borges
(born 1969)5 January 20175 January 2018MirandaJustice First
(MUD)
Omar Barboza
(born 1944)5 January 20185 January 2019ZuliaA New Era
(MUD)
[[File:Juan Guaidó in Group of Lima 2019 cropped.jpg80px]]Juan Guaidó
(born 1983)5 January 20195 January 2023Vargas
(La Guaira)Popular Will
(MUD → PUD)
[[File:Luis Eduardo Parra.png80px]]Luis Parra
(born 1978)5 January 20205 January 2021YaracuyIndependent
(GPP)
[[File:2023 Jorge Rodríguez Gómez.jpg80px]]Jorge Rodríguez
(born 1965)5 January 2021IncumbentCapital District[5th](2020-venezuelan-parliamentary-election)United Socialist Party
(GPP)
[[File:Dinorah Figuera (cropped).jpg80px]]Dinorah Figuera
(born 1961)5 January 2023IncumbentAragua[4th](2015-venezuelan-parliamentary-election)Justice First
(PUD)

Notes

References

References

  1. Romero, Valentín. (January 5, 2019). "Parra fue escogido sin votos, ni quórum: Diputados opositores". Noticiero Digital.
  2. (2020-01-06). "Two Venezuela lawmakers declare themselves Speaker".
  3. (5 January 2021). "Venezuela Seats Pro-Maduro Congress".
  4. (26 December 2020). "Venezuela's opposition assembly approves its continuity for 2021 {{!}} The Spokesman-Review".
  5. Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Venezuela: Guaidó y chavistas instalan parlamentos paralelos {{!}} DW {{!}} 05.01.2021".
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