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. 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 (

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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) *

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. (1949–51) * Horacio Guerrero Gori. (1952) * Giliberti Gómez. (1953) * Federico Scholoeter. (1953) * Domingo Colmenares Vivas. (1954–57) Governors of Monagas State since 1958 * Temístocles Núñez R. (1958–59) * Jorge Yibirín Marún (1959–60) *

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. (1960–61) * Armando Sánchez Bueno. (1961–62) * Darío Rodríguez Méndez. (1963–64) * Noel Grisanti Luciani. (1964–65) *

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. (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) * Pablo Morillo Robles. (1979–83) * Luis Guevara Manosalva. (1983–84) * Pedro Cabello Poleo. (1984–86) *

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. (1986–87) * Pedro Augusto Beauperthuy. (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 2017

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