The vice president of Venezuela (), officially known as the Executive Vice President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (), is the second highest political position in the government of

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. The vice president is the direct collaborator of the Venezuelan president according to the

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. The office of vice president appeared in the Constitution of 1830 until the Constitution of 1858, and once again in the Constitution of 1999. However, in its current (1999) incarnation, the office is more akin to a

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in systems as those of

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and

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. Since June 14, 2018,

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of the

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has been vice president, serving with President

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Office of the executive vice president

Functions and duties

According to the Constitution of 1999, the duties of the executive vice president are # To collaborate with the president of the Republic to direct the actions of the Government. # To coordinate the Public National Administration in accordance with the instructions of the president of the Republic. # To propose the appointment and the removal of the ministers to the president of the Republic. # To preside over the Cabinet if the president is absent or with authorization in advance from the president. # To coordinate the relations of the National Executive with the National Assembly. # To preside at the Federal Council of Government. # To name and to remove, in accordance with the law, the officials or national officials whose designation is not attributed to another authority. # To substitute for the president of the Republic on temporary and absolute absences. # 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. The vice president can also be removed with more than two-thirds of the votes in

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. 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

The executive vice president is the first in line to the succession of the

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, when the 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 Carlos Valentín José de la Soledad Antonio del Sacramento de Soublette y Jerez de Aristeguieta (15 December 1789 – 11 February 1870) was a Venezuelan politician and military officer who was the 7th and 9th president of Venezuela from 18 ...

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(in April 2002) and

(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)

United States of Venezuela (1901–1928)

Fifth Republic (1999–2025)

References

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