Venezuela Profil Regierung

Name: Caracas

geographische Koordinaten: 10 29 N, 66 52 W

Zeitunterschied: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

5 Juli 1811 (from Spain)

Unabhängigkeit, 5 Juli (1811)

history: many previous; latest adopted 15 Dezember 1999, effective 30 Dezember 1999

amendments: proposed through agreement by at least 39% of the National Assembly membership, by the president of the republic in session with the cabinet of ministers, or by petition of at least 15% of registered voters; passage requires simple majority vote by the Assembly and simple majority approval in a referendum; amended 2009; note - in 2016, President MADURO issued a decree to hold an election to form a constituent assembly to change the constitution; the election in Juli 2017 approved the formation of a 545-member constituent assembly and elected its delegates, empowering them to change the constitution and dismiss government institutions and officials (2019)

18 Jahre; universal

Staatsoberhaupt: Notification Statement: the United States recognizes Juan GUAIDO as the Interim Staatspräsident of Venezuela

Staatspräsident Nicolas MADURO Moros (seit dem 19 April 2013); Executive Vice Staatspräsident Delcy RODRIGUEZ Gomez (seit dem 14 June 2018); note - the president is both Staatsoberhaupt and Regierungschef

Regierungschef: Staatspräsident Nicolas MADURO Moros (seit dem 19 April 2013); Executive Vice Staatspräsident Delcy RODRIGUEZ Gomez (seit dem 14 June 2018)

cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president

elections/appointments: president directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a 6-year term (no term limits); election last held on 20 May 2018 (next election scheduled for 2024)

election results: Nicolas MADURO Moros reelected president; percent of vote - Nicolas MADURO Moros (PSUV) 68%, Henri FALCON (AP) 21%, Javier BERTUCCI 11%; note - the election was marked by serious shortcomings and electoral fraud; voter turnout was approximately 46% due largely to an opposition boycott of the election