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The Congress of the Republic, also known as the National Congress, represented the
Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
n Legislative Branch until 1999. It had a bicameral composition: a Chamber of Senators (or Senate) and a
Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Description Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourbon R ...
. The last president of the Chamber of Senators (who, in turn, served as President of Congress) was Luis Alfonso Dávila, elected senator in the State of
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by the Socialist-leaning party Movimiento Quinta República; the last president of the Chamber of Deputies (who also served as Vice President of Congress) was
Henrique Capriles Radonski Henrique Capriles Radonski (; born 11 July 1972) is a Venezuelan politician and lawyer, who served as the 36th Governor of Miranda from 2008 to 2017. Born in Caracas, he received a degree in law from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, ...
, who was elected deputy in the State of
Zulia Zulia State ( es, Estado Zulia, ; Wayuu: ''Mma’ipakat Suuria'') is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Maracaibo. As of the 2011 census, it has a population of 3,704,404, the largest population among Venezuela's states. It ...
by the Christian Socialist party COPEI. Different sectors of Venezuelan political life, both in the opposition and in government, have raised the possibility that, at some point, two chambers will again function in the Venezuelan Legislative Branch, resuming their bicameral composition. However, so far these are only proposals that have been made.


Official names

According to the different Constitutions that Venezuela has had: * Congreso General de Venezuela, in
Constitution A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of Legal entity, entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed. When ...
of 1811 and 1819 (19 years). * Congreso del Estado de Venezuela, in
Constitution A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of Legal entity, entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed. When ...
of 1830, 1857 and 1858 (34 years). * Congreso de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela, in
Constitution A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of Legal entity, entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed. When ...
of 1864, 1874, 1881, 1891, 1893, 1901, 1906, 1909, 1914, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1936 and 1947 (89 years). * Congreso de la República de Venezuela, in
Constitution A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of Legal entity, entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed. When ...
of 1953 and 1961 (46 years).


Elections

* 1832 Venezuelan parliamentary election * 1835 Venezuelan parliamentary election * 1838 Venezuelan parliamentary election * 1841 Venezuelan parliamentary election * 1844 Venezuelan parliamentary election * 1847 Venezuelan parliamentary election * 1850 Venezuelan parliamentary election * 1853 Venezuelan parliamentary election * 1856 Venezuelan parliamentary election * 1859 Venezuelan parliamentary election * 1863 Venezuelan parliamentary election * 1873 Venezuelan parliamentary election * 1877 Venezuelan parliamentary election * 1882 Venezuelan parliamentary election * 1888 Venezuelan parliamentary election * 1890 Venezuelan parliamentary election * 1894 Venezuelan parliamentary election * 1898 Venezuelan parliamentary election * 1922 Venezuelan parliamentary election * 1929 Venezuelan parliamentary election *
1931 Venezuelan general election Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...
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1936 Venezuelan general election Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
* 1941 Venezuelan parliamentary election * 1947 Venezuelan general election * 1958 Venezuelan general election *
1963 Venezuelan general election General elections were held in Venezuela on 1 December 1963. Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p555 The presidential elections were won by Raúl Leoni of the Democratic Action political party, who re ...
* 1968 Venezuelan general election *
1973 Venezuelan general election General elections were held in Venezuela on Sunday 9 December 1973. Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p555 The presidential elections were won by Carlos Andrés Pérez of Democratic Action, who rec ...
* 1978 Venezuelan general election *
1983 Venezuelan general election General elections were held in Venezuela on 4 December 1983.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p555 The presidential elections were won by Jaime Lusinchi of Democratic Action, who received 56.7% of the ...
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1988 Venezuelan general election General elections were held in Venezuela on 4 December 1988. Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p555 The presidential elections were won by Carlos Andrés Pérez of Democratic Action, who received 52 ...
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1993 Venezuelan general election General elections were held in Venezuela on 5 December 1993. Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p555 The presidential elections were won by Rafael Caldera of National Convergence, who received 30.5% o ...
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1998 Venezuelan parliamentary election Parliamentary election were held in Venezuela on 8 November.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p555 Democratic Action won a plurality of seats, winning 61 of the 207 seats in the Chamber of Deputies ...


Representatives


See also

* :Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Venezuela) *
National Assembly (Venezuela) The National Assembly ( es, Asamblea Nacional) is the legislature for Venezuela that was first elected in 2000. It is a unicameral body made up of a variable number of members, who were elected by a "universal, direct, personal, and secret" vo ...
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Senate of Venezuela The Senate of Venezuela was the upper house of Venezuela's legislature under its 1961 constitution. Under the 1999 constitution, the bicameral system was replaced by the unicameral National Assembly of Venezuela. However, since 1999 the former cham ...
* Storming of the Venezuelan National Congress


References

{{reflist Legislative branch of the Government of Venezuela Defunct bicameral legislatures 2000 disestablishments in Venezuela History of Venezuela 1811 establishments in Venezuela