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List of governors of Monagas

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Governor of Monagas
Incumbent
Ernesto Luna
StyleGovernor
Status
Term lengthFour years

This is a list of governors of the Venezuelan state of Monagas.

Until 1989, they were appointed by the president of Venezuela. Starting from that year they are elected in universal, direct and secret elections. In some years the head of Monagas state was known as president or civil and military chief, in others governor. Monagas was created in its present form in 1909. It existed previously as the Province of Maturín (Maturín being its capital) from 1856, becoming the State of Maturín in 1864, before being merged with another state in 1879.

Monagas State precursors

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Governors of the Province of Maturín/State of Maturín (1856–64)

  • Valentín Machado
  • Pedro Sifontes
  • Jesús María Vallenilla
  • José Antonio López P.
  • Zabulón Valverde
  • Joaquín Núñez
  • Francisco J. Gordon
  • José R. Rodríguez Guerra
  • Luis Mijares Zerpa
  • Manuel B. Fonseca (1863, Provisional President)(1863–64)
  • José Manuel García
  • José Félix Lares
  • Félix Salazar

Governors of Nueva Andalucía State, which Maturín belonged to (1865–68)

  • José E, Acosta. (1865, Constitutional President)
  • Antonio Russián. (1866–68, First Appointed)
  • José S. González. (September 1868, Constitutional President)
  • Manuel López Alcalá. (1868)

Governors of Maturín

  • José Ramón Ramírez. (1865–68)

Provisional Government: (1868)

  • José A. López
  • José María Núñez
  • Mateo Sosa

Civil and Military Chiefs

  • Ángel Romero. (1869)
  • Manuel Guzmán Álvarez. (1870)
  • Rómulo Camino. (1872, Provisional President)
  • Manuel Guzmán Álvarez. (1873, Constitucional President)
  • Rómulo Camino. (1874, First Appointed)
  • Diego B. Ferrer. (1875, First Appointed)
  • Antonio Valverde. (1876, Second Appointed)
  • Manuel Guzmán Álvarez. (1877, Constitucional President)
  • Emilio Himiob. (1877, First Appointed)
  • José Antonio Vázquez. (1878, Second Appointed)
  • Jesús M. Vallenilla. (1878, President)
  • Santos Carrera. (1879, Vicepresident)
  • Venancio Simosa. (1880, Provisional President)
  • Santos Carrera. (January to May 1881, Constitutional President)
  • Fermín Carrera. (1881, Governor)
  • Joaquín Díaz. (1881, Governor)
  • Carrera. (1882, Governor)

Monagas State

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Presidents of Monagas State (20th century)

  • J. V. Guevara. (1901)
  • Pablo Giuseppi Monagas. (1910, Provisional President)
  • Emilio Fernández (1911–13)
  • José J. Aróstegui. (1914, Counsellor in charge of the Presidency)
  • Manuel Ángeles. (1916)
  • Emilio Pérez Hernández. (1918)
  • Pedro Ducharme. (1922–24)
  • Manuel Ledesma. (1925–28)
  • Juan Pablo López Centeno. (1936–37)
  • Andrés Rolando M. (1937)
  • Alejandro Rascaniere. (1938–39)
  • José María Isava Núñez. (1939–42)
  • Francisco Conde García. (1942–45)
  • Pablo II. Higuera. (1945)
  • Rafael Rodríguez Méndez. (1946–48)
  • Pablo Higuera. (1948)
  • Ramón Rojas Guardia. (1949)
  • Alirio Ugarte Pelayo. (1949–51)
  • Horacio Guerrero Gori. (1952)
  • Giliberti Gómez. (1953)
  • Federico Scholoeter. (1953)
  • Domingo Colmenares Vivas. (1954–57)

Governors of Monagas State since 1958

Governors chosen by direct election

Took office Left office Governor Vote
1989 1992 Guillermo Call, Democratic Action 58.05
1992 1995 Guillermo Call, Democratic Action 52.45
1995 1998 Luis Eduardo Martínez, Democratic Action 48.34
1998 2000 Luis Eduardo Martínez, Democratic Action 51.74
2000 2000 Miguel Gómez, MVR Replacement after Martínez resigned office for health issues.
2000 2004 Guillermo Call, Democratic Action 41.25
2004 2008 José Gregorio Briceño, MIGATO 58.29
2008 2012 José Gregorio Briceño, PSUV 64.86
2012 2017 Yelitza Santaella, PSUV 55.11
2017 2021 Yelitza Santaella, PSUV 54,07
2021 current Cosme Arzolay, PSUV Replacement after Santaella became Minister of Education.

References

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