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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
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
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.
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