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List of Presidents and Governors of Zulia

State coat of Arms

Flag of the State

Style| Governor
Status|

* Head of State

Term length| Four years

This is a list of presidents and governors of the Venezuelan Zulia State. In some years the head of Zulia state was known as President or Civil and Military Chief, in others Governor. In 1881 Zulia was joined in a union with Falcón. Its autonomy was restored in 1890 with Maracaibo as its capital.

## Contents

* 1 Presidents
* 2 Governors
* 3 List of elected governors
* 4 See also
* 5 References

## Presidents[edit]

* 1863-1868 Jorge Sutherland
* 1868-1870 José María Hernández (Venezuela)
* 1870-1874 Venancio Pulgar
* 1880 José Victorino García Olavarría

## Governors[edit]

Until 1989, governors were appointed by the President of Venezuela.[citation needed] Starting from that year they are elected in universal, direct and secret elections.

# | Name | Party | Term

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1 | Benjamín Ruiz | N/A | 1900
2 | Aurelio Valbuena | N/A | 1900
3 | Juan Francisco Castillo | N/A | 1900
4 | Rafael López Baralt | N/A | 1900
5 | Diego Bautista Ferrer | N/A | 1900-1902
6 | Guillermo Aranguren | N/A | 1902-1904
7 | Regulo Olivares | N/A | 1904-1908
8 | José Ignacio Lares Baralt | N/A | 1908-1909
9 | Alejandro Rivas Vásquez | N/A | 1909-1911
10 | José María García | N/A | 1911-1915
11 | Jose Antonio Chavez | N/A | 1915-1916
12 | Alberto Aranguren | N/A | 1916-1918
13 | Santo Matute Gómez | N/A | 1918-1919
14 | José J. Gabaldon | N/A | 1919-1921
15 | Santos Matute Gómez | N/A | 1921-1924
16 | Renato Serrano | N/A | 1924-1925
17 | Isilio Febres Cordero | N/A | 1925-1926
18 | Vicencio Pérez Soto | N/A | 1926-1929
19 | J.M. Leonardo Villasmil | N/A | 1929-1936
20 | León Jurado | N/A | 1936
21 | Regulo Olivares | N/A | 1936
22 | Luis Rocajolo | N/A | 1936-1937
23 | José Encarnación Serrano | N/A | 1937-1938
24 | Manuel Maldonado | N/A | 1938-1941
25 | Abigail Colmenares | N/A | 1941
26 | Luis Pino Ochoa | N/A | 1941
27 | Alberto Lossada Casanova | N/A | 1941-1942
28 | José Quintero García | N/A | 1942-1943
29 | Benito Roncajolo | N/A | 1943
30 | Luis Pinto Salvatierra | N/A | 1943
31 | Héctor Cuenca | N/A | 1943
32 | Carlos Ramírez MacGregor | N/A | 1943-1945
33 | Felipe Hernández | N/A | 1945
34 | Octavio Andrade Delgado | N/A | 1945-1947
35 | Hercolino Adrianza | N/A | 1947-1949
36 | Atenogenes Olivares | N/A | 1949-1950
37 | Leopoldo D'Alta | N/A | 1950
38 | Darío Parra | N/A | 1950
39 | Renato Estevan Ríos | N/A | 1950
40 | Néstor Prato Chacón | N/A | 1950-1958
41 | Rafael Virgilio Vivas | N/A | 1958
42 | Gaston Montiel Villasmil | N/A | 1958
43 | Pedro Bracho Urdaneta | N/A | 1958
44 | Renato Estevan Ríos | N/A | 1958
45 | Horacio Guillermo Villalobos | N/A | 1958
46 | Julio Arraga Zuleta | N/A | 1958
47 | Horacio Guillermo Villalobos | N/A | 1958-1959
48 | Eloy Parraga Villamarin | Acción Democrática | 1959-1961
49 | Luis Vera Gómez | Acción Democrática | 1961-1964
50 | Octavio Andrade Delgado | Acción Democrática | 1964-1967
51 | Luis Vera Gómez | Acción Democrática | 1967-1968
52 | Gabriel José Páez | Acción Democrática | 1968
53 | José León García Díaz | Acción Democrática | 1968-1969
54 | Elio Suárez Romero | COPEI | 1969-1971
55 | Hilarion Cardozo | COPEI | 1971-1974
56 | Carmelo Contreras Barboza | Acción Democrática | 1974-1975
57 | Omar Baralt Méndez | Acción Democrática | 1975-1977
58 | Guillermo Rincón Araujo | Acción Democrática | 1977-1979
59 | Gilberto Urdaneta Bessón | COPEI | 1979-1982
60 | Humberto Fernández Auvert | COPEI | 1982-1984
61 | Ángel Zambrano | Acción Democrática | 1984-1985
62 | Omar Barboza Gutiérrez | Acción Democrática | 1985-1989
63 | Ismael Ordaz González | Acción Democrática | 1989-1990
64 | Oswaldo Álvarez Paz | COPEI | 1990-1993
65 | Lolita Aniyar de Castro | Movimiento al Socialismo | 1993-1996
66 | Francisco Arias Cárdenas | La Causa Radical | 1996-1998
67 | Giovanny Villalobos | N/A | 1998-1999
68 | Germán Valero | N/A | 1999-2000
69 | Manuel Rosales | Un Nuevo Tiempo | 2000–2008
70 | Pablo Pérez | Un Nuevo Tiempo | 2008–2012
71 | Francisco Arias Cárdenas | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | 2012–2017
72 | Juan Pablo Guanipa | Justice First | 2017
73 | Magdely Valbuena | PSUV | 2017
74 | Omar Prieto | PSUV | 2017–2021
75 | Manuel Rosales | Un Nuevo Tiempo | 2021–present

## List of elected governors[edit]

Took office  | Left office  | Governor  | Vote

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1989  | 1992  | Oswaldo Álvarez Paz, COPEI | 38.44
1992  | 1993  | Oswaldo Álvarez Paz, COPEI | 66.03
1993  | 1995  | Lolita Aniyar de Castro, MAS | 40.74
1995  | 1998  | Francisco Arias Cárdenas, Radical Cause | 30.45
1998  | 2000  | Francisco Arias Cárdenas, Radical Cause | 54.49
2000  | 2004  | Manuel Rosales, A New Era | 51.44
2004  | 2008  | Manuel Rosales, A New Era | 54.03
2008  | 2012  | Pablo Pérez Álvarez, A New Era | 53.59
2012  | 2017  | Francisco Arias Cárdenas, PSUV | 52.22
2017  | 2017  | Juan Pablo Guanipa, PJ | 51,06
2017  | 2017  | Magdely Valbuena, PSUV | Replacement after Guanipa's removal.
2017  | 2021  | Omar Prieto, PSUV | 57.35
2021  | current  | Manuel Rosales, A New Era | 56.90 [1]

## See also[edit]

Venezuela portal

* History of Venezuela
* List of Governors of States of Venezuela
* Politics of Venezuela
* Zulia state

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Manuel Rosales ganó la Gobernación del Zulia". noticialdia.com. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2022.

* (in Spanish) Galería de Gobernadores del Estado Zulia - Zulia State Government website.

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Governors of Zulia

* Ruíz
* Valbuena
* Castillo
* López
* Bautista
* G. Aranguren
* R. Olivares
* Lares
* Rivas
* García
* Chávez
* A. Aranguren
* Matute
* R. Serrano
* Febres
* Pérez
* Villasmil
* Jurado
* R. Olivares
* Rocajolo
* J. Serrano
* Maldonado
* Colmenares
* Pino
* Losada
* Quintero
* Roncajolo
* Pinto
* Cuenca
* Ramírez
* Hernández
* Andrade
* Adrianza
* A. Olivares
* D'Alta
* Parra
* Estevan
* Prato
* Virgilio
* Montiel
* Bracho
* Estevan
* H. Villalobos
* Arraga
* H. Villalobos
* Parraga
* Vera
* Andrade
* Vera
* Páez
* García
* Suárez
* Cardozo
* Contreras
* Baralt
* Rincón
* Urdaneta
* Fernández
* Zambrano
* Barboza
* Ordaz
* Álvarez
* Aniyar
* Arias
* G. Villalobos
* Valero
* Rosales
* Pérez Álvarez
* Arias
* Guanipa
* Valbuena
* Prieto

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Current governors of states of Venezuela

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Amazonas: Miguel Rodríguez
Anzoátegui: Antonio Barreto Sira
Apure: Ramón Carrizales
Aragua: Daniela González
Barinas: Argenis Chávez
Bolívar: Justo Noguera Pietri

Carabobo: Rafael Lacava
Cojedes: Margaud Godoy
Delta Amacuro: Lizeta Hernández
Falcón: Víctor Clark
Guárico: José Manuel Vásquez
Lara: Adolfo Pereira Antique

Mérida: Ramón Guevara
Miranda: Héctor Rodríguez
Monagas: Cosme Arzolay
Nueva Esparta: Alfredo Díaz
Portuguesa: Rafael Calles
Sucre: Edwin Rojas

Táchira: Laidy Gómez
Trujillo: Henry Rangel Silva
Vargas: José Manuel Suárez
Yaracuy: Julio León Heredia
Zulia: Omar Prieto
Capital District: Jacqueline Faría (Head of Government) Territorio Insular Miranda: Félix Plasencia

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