List of governors of Monagas

List of governors of Monagas
State coat of Arms
Flag of the State
Style	Governor
Status	Head of State
Term length	Four 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 (Maturín being its capital) from 1856, becoming the in 1864, before being merged with another state in 1879.

Monagas State precursors[]

Governors of the / (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 , 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)
• R��mulo 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[]

Presidents of Monagas State (20th century)

• J. V. Guevara. (1901)
• . (1910, Provisional President)
• (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)
• . (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)
• . (1954–57)

Governors of Monagas State since 1958

• Temístocles Núñez R. (1958–59)
• Jorge Yibirín Marún (1959–60)
• Luis Piñerúa Ordaz. (1960–61)
• . (1961–62)
• Darío Rodríguez Méndez. (1963–64)
• . (1964–65)
• . (1966–68)
• José Tomás Milano Parma. (1968–69)
• Humberto Anderson. (1969)
• Rafael Solórzano Bruce. (1969–73)
• Pedro Cardier Gago. (1973–74)
• Martín Márquez Añez. (1974–78)
• Manuel García B. (1978–79)
• . (1979–83)
• . (1983–84)
• . (1984–86)
• . (1986–87)
• . (1987–89)

Governors chosen by direct election

References[]

• Cuadro Comparativo Gobernadores Electos por Entidad Elecciones 1989-1992-1995-1998-2000.
• CNE: Elecciones Regionales del 2004.
• CNE: Elecciones Regionales del 2008
• CNE: Elecciones Regionales del 2012
• CNE: Elecciones Regionales del 2017
• Venezuela vote dispute escalates foreign sanctions threat (2017)