The Ministry of Economy and Finance (''Ministerio del Poder Popular de Economía y Finanzas'', in Spanish, literally, "Ministry of People's Power for the Economy and Finance") is a ministry of the government of Venezuela with similar portfolios dating back to 1810 with the creation of a tax office. When

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was dissolved and Venezuela assumed its independence, the Ministry of Finance was created in 1830 when General

José Antonio Páez José Antonio Páez Herrera (; 13 June 1790 – 6 May 1873) was a Venezuelan leader who fought against the Spanish Crown for Simón Bolívar during the Venezuelan War of Independence. He later led Venezuela's independence from Gran Colombia. H ...

commissioned the establishment of the public business office to three Secretariats of State: Interior, Justice and Police, War and Navy, Finance, and Foreign Relations. The current minister has been

Delcy Rodríguez Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez (born 18 May 1969) is a Venezuelan politician serving as the vice president of Venezuela since 2018. She was also Minister of Popular Power for Communication and Information of Venezuela from 2013 to 2014, Mini ...

since September 2020.

Ministers of Finance when part
Gran Colombia Gran Colombia (, "Great Colombia"), or Greater Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia (Spanish: ''República de Colombia''), was a state that encompassed much of northern South America and part of southern Central America from 1819 to 18 ...

* Manuel Palacios Fajardo, 1819 *

Pedro Gual Escandón Pedro José Ramón Gual (17 January 1783, in Caracas, Venezuela – 6 May 1862, in Guayaquil, Ecuador), was a Venezuelan lawyer, politician, journalist and diplomat. During the Venezuelan War of Independence he came to the United States to buy ...

, 1819-1821 * Luis Eduardo Azuela, 1821 *

José María del Castillo y Rada José María del Castillo y Rada (December 20, 1776 in Cartagena de Indias – June 5, 1833 in Bogotá) was a neo-granadine politician, President of the United Provinces of the New Granada from October 5, 1814 until January 21, 1815. Castillo y ...

, 1821-1828 * Nicolas M. Tanco, 1828-1829 *

José Ignacio de Márquez José Ignacio de Márquez Barreto (7 September 1793 – 21 March 1880) was a Colombian statesman, lawyer and professor, who first served as Vice President of the Republic of the New Granada after being sworn in by congress in 1832, and unde ...

, 1830 * Gerónimo Mendoza, 1830

Ministers of Finance of Venezuela

Diego Bautista Urbaneja Diego Bautista Urbaneja (December 16, 1782 – January 12, 1856) was a Venezuelan political figure. Biography In 1830, when Venezuela achieved independence after the dissolution of Gran Colombia, he became the Minister of Finance in 1830. He be ...

, 1830 *

Santos Michelena Santos Michelena (1797–1848) was a Venezuelan politician. Born in Maracay, Aragua. He was the vice president of Venezuela from 1841 until 1845. He also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela three times, under three different presi ...

, 1830-1833 * Pedro Pablo Díaz, 1833-1834 *

, 1834-1835 * José Luis Ramos, 1835 * José E. Gallegos, 1835-1836 *

, 1837 * José Félix Blanco, 1847 * Fermín Toro, 1847 *

Diego Antonio Caballero Diego is a Spanish masculine given name. The Portuguese equivalent is Diogo. The name also has several patronymic derivations, listed below. The etymology of Diego is disputed, with two major origin hypotheses: ''Tiago'' and ''Didacus''. E ...

, 1848-1849 * Ramón Yépez, 1849 *

José Rafael Revenga José Rafael Revenga y Hernández (24 November 1786 – 9 March 1852 venezuelatuya.com/ref>) was a minister of foreign affairs of Gran Colombia (1819–1821). He was the 2nd Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Colombia starting 17 September 1825, ...

, 1849 *

Jacinto Gutiérrez Martínez Jacinto is a Spanish and Portuguese name meaning Hyacinth, which can refer to Saint Hyacinth, a Roman martyr (Hyacinth and Protus), or the Hyacinth flower itself. Common English nicknames for "Jacinto" are "Chinto" and "Jesse". Jacinto has on ...

, 1849 *

Francisco Olavarría Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name '' Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed " Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father o ...

, 1849-1850 *

Manuel Machín Quintero Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manu ...

, 1850 *

Vicente Lecuna Vicente is an Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese name. Like its French variant, Vincent, it is derived from the Latin name ''Vincentius'' meaning "conquering" (from Latin ''vincere'', "to conquer"). Vicente may refer to: Location *São Vicente, Cap ...

, 1850 *

José María de Heres José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacu ...

, 1850 *

Esteban Ibarra Esteban () is a Spanish male given name, derived from Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos) and related to the English names Steven and Stephen. Although in its original pronunciation the accent is on the penultimate syllable, English-speakers tend t ...

, 1850-1851 *

Francisco Aranda Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...

, 1851 *

Pedro Carlos Gellineau Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning ...

, 1851-1852 *

José del Carmen Betancourt José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

, 1852 * Pio Ceballos, 1853-1855 *

, 1855-1857 *

Rafael Arvelo Rafael may refer to: * Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin * Rafael, California * Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israeli manufacturer of weapons and military technology * Hurricane Rafael, a 2012 hurricane Fiction * ''R ...

, 1858 * Fermín Toro, 1858 *

Miguel Herrera Miguel Ernesto Herrera Aguirre (born 18 March 1968), popularly referred to by his nickname "Piojo" (Spanish for "louse"), is a Mexican former professional footballer and current manager. He is the head coach of Liga MX club Tijuana. A former ...

, 1858-1859 *

Pedro de las Casas Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning ...

, 1859 * Manuel M. Echendia, 1859 * Eduardo Calcaño, 1859 * Manuel Cadenas Delgado, 1859 * Luis Irribarren, 1860 * Eduardo Calcaño, 1860 * Enrique Pérez Velazco, 1860 * Manuel Cadenas Delgado, 1860-1861 * Manuel Antonio Carreño, 1861 * Francisco Madriz, 1861 * Hilarión Nadal, 1861 * Pedro José Rojas, 1862-1863 *

Antonio Guzmán Blanco Antonio José Ramón de La Trinidad y María Guzmán Blanco (28 February 1829 – 28 July 1899) was a Venezuelan military leader, statesman, diplomat and politician. He was the president of Venezuela for three separate terms, from 1870 until 1 ...

, 1863-1864 * Guillermo Iribarren, 1864 * Octaviano Urdaneta, 1864 * Santiago Goiticoa, 1864 * José D. Landaeta, 1865-1866 *

, 1866 * J. M. Álvarez de Lugo, 1866 * Lucio Pulido, 1867 * Nicolas Gutiérrez, 1867 * Carlos Engelke, 1868 *

, 1868 * Wenceslao Urrutia, 1868 *

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, 1868-1869 * Eduardo Calcaño, 1869 * Rafael Martínez, 1869 * Ramón Francia, 1869 * Ramón Azpúrua, 1869-1870 *

Sixto Sánchez Sixto Sánchez Encarnación (born July 29, 1998) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB). Early life Sánchez was born in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic. He played shortstop as ...

, 1870 * Juan Francisco Galindo, 1870 * Miguel Aristeguieta, 1870 * Jacinto Gutiérrez, 1870-1872 * Santiago Goiticoa, 1872-1873 * Vicente Coronado, 1873-1874 * Santiago Goiticoa, 1874-1875 * Vicente Coronado, 1875-1876 * Pedro Toledo Bermúdez, 1876-1877 *

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* {{dab ...

, 1877 * Juan Bautista Vidal, 1877 *

Raimundo Andueza Palacio Raimundo Ignacio Andueza Palacio (6 February 1846 – 17 August 1900), was the president of Venezuela (1890–1892). He also served twice as his country's Minister of Foreign Affairs. A member of the Liberal Party, Andueza entered politics as d ...

, 1877-1878 * Trinidad Celis Ávila, 1878 * Joaquin Díaz, 1878 * Modesto Urbaneja, 1879 * José Antonio Zapata, 1879 * Fernando Adames, 1879 * Ildefonso Riera Aguinagalde, 1879 * Diego Jugo Ramírez, 1879 *

Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl (26 November 1826 – 22 July 1905) was the president of Venezuela from 1888 to 1890. He was the first civilian president who was elected by constitutional procedures in 50 years, and the only one who could finish his t ...

, 1879-1884 * Francisco Rivas Castillo, 1884-1886 * Juan Francisco Castillo, 1886 * Andrés María Caballero, 1886 * Pedro Pablo Azpúrua Huizi, 1886-1887 * Fulgencio M. Carias, 1887 *

, 1887 *

Pedro Ramos Pedro Ramos Guerra (born April 28, 1935), is a Cuban former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, and the expansion Washing ...

, 1888 * Vicente Coronado, 1888 * Julio S. García, 1888-1889 * José María Lares, 1889-1890 * Vicente Coronado, 1890-1891 *

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, 1892 *

Manuel Antonio Matos Manuel Antonio Matos Páez Tinoco (8 January 1847 – 5 December 1929) was a Venezuelan politician, banker, military leader and diplomat. Biography Matos held a great political and economic influence on the country, during the late 19th and earl ...

, 1892 * Lorenzo Adrián Arreaza, 1892 * Silvestre Pacheco Jurado, 1892 * Juan Pietri Pietri, 1892-1893 * José Antonio Velutini, 1893 * Fabricio Conde, 1893-1895 * Enrique Pérez B., 1895 *

, 1895 * Andrés María Caballero, 1895 * Enrique Pérez B., 1895-1896 * Claudio Bruzual Serra, 1896-1897 * Andrés María Caballero, 1897 * Luis A. Castillo, 1897 * Andrés María Caballero, 1897 * Jorge Uslar, 1897 *

, 1897-1898 *

, 1898 *

, 1898-1899 * José Antonio Olavarría, 1899 *

, 1899 *

, 1899 * Ramón Tello Mendoza, 1899-1903 * José Cecilio De Castro, 1903-1906 * Gustavo J. Sanabria, 1906 * Eduardo Celis, 1906-1907 * Ricardo Álvarez de Lugo, 1907 *

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, 1907-1908 * Jesus Munoz Tebar, 1908-1909 * Juan José Herrera Toro, 1909 * Abel Santos, 1909-1910 * Manuel Porras Echenagucia, 1910 *

Antonio Pimentel Antonio Pimentel de Prado y lo Bianco ( Palermo, 1604 - Antwerp (c. 1671-72) was a Spanish officer, a governor of Nieuwpoort (1646–1651), ambassador in Stockholm (1652–1654), Knight of the Order of Santiago (1658), representative in Paris ...

, 1910-1912 * Manuel Porras Echenagucia, 1912 * Román Cárdenas, 1913-1922 * Melchor Centeno Grau, 1922-1929 * Rafael María Velasco, 1929-1930 *

José María García José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

, 1930-1931 * Efraín González, 1931-1936 * Gustavo Herrera, 1936 * Alejandro Lara, 1936 *

Alberto Adriani Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic ''Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Albertin ...

, 1936 * Atilano Carnevali, 1936-1937 * Cristóbal L. Mendoza, 1937-1938 * Francisco Parra, 1938-1941 * Alfredo Machado Hernández, 1941-1943 *

Arturo Uslar Pietri Arturo Uslar Pietri (16 May 1906 in Caracas – 26 February 2001) was a Venezuelan intellectual, historian, writer, television producer, and politician. Life Born on 16 May 1906 in Caracas, Venezuela, his parents were generalSantos Himiob ...

, 1943 * Rodolfo Rojas, 1943-1945 * Alfonso Espinoza, 1945 * Carlos D’Ascoli, 1945-1947 *

Manuel Pérez Guerrero Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manu ...

, 1947-1948 *

Aurelio Arreaza Arreaza Aurelio may refer to: People Politicians * Aurelio D. Gonzales Jr. (born 1964), congressman in the Philippines *Aurélio de Lira Tavares (1905–1998), President of Brazil *Aurelio Martínez, Honduran politician *Aurelio Mosquera (1883–1939), Pr ...

, 1948-1953 * Pedro Guzmán Rivera, 1953-1958 * José Antonio Giacopini Zárraga, 1958 *

Arturo Sosa Arturo Marcelino Sosa Abascal (born 12 November 1948) is a Venezuelan Catholic priest who serves as the 31st and present superior general of the Society of Jesus. He was elected Superior General by the Society's 36th General Congregation on ...

, 1958 * José Antonio Mayobre, 1958-1960 * Tomás Enrique Carrillo Batalla, 1960-1961 * Andrés Germán Otero, 1961-1965 * Eddie Morales Crespo, 1965-1967 * Benito Raúl Losada, 1967-1968 * Francisco Mendoza, junior, 1968-1969 *

Pedro Tinoco Pedro Tinoco (1927–1993) was a Venezuelan businessman and politician. Tinoco was Minister of Finance from 1969 to 1972, under President Rafael Caldera. He was then Chairman of the Board of Banco Latino from 1975, and one of Carlos André ...

, 1969-1972 *

Luis Enrique Oberto Luis Enrique Oberto González (19 August 1928 – 8 August 2022) was a Venezuelan banker and politician who served in several high-ranking positions within the government of Venezuela. A member of COPEI, Oberto was a member of the Venezuelan ...

, 1972-1974 * Héctor Hurtado Navarro, 1974-1977 * Luis José Silva Luongo, 1977-1979 * Luis Ugueto Arismendi, 1979-1983 *

, 1982-1984 * Rafael Sánchez Agüero, 1984-1987 * Héctor Hurtado Navarro, 1988-1989 * Eglé Iturbe de Blanco, 1989-1990 * Roberto Pocaterra Silva, 1990-1992 * Pedro Rosas Bravo, 1992-1993 *

Carlos Rafael Silva Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carlos, Alberta, a locality ;United States * Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County * Carlos, Minnesota, a small city * Carlos, West Virginia ;Elsewhere ...

, 1993-1994 * Julio Sosa Rodríguez, 1994-1995 * Luis Raúl Matos Azócar, 1995-1997 * Freddy Rojas Parra, 1997-1998 * Maritza Izaguirre, 1998-1999 * José Alejandro Rojas, 1999-2000 * Nelson Merentes, 2001-2002 * Francisco Usón, 2002 * Tobías Nóbrega, 2002-2004 * Nelson Merentes, 2004-2007 * Rodrigo Cabeza Morales, 2007-2008 *

Rafael Isea Rafael Eduardo Isea Romero (born 18 February 1968, Maracay Aragua StateRafael Isea accessed 11 June 2012) is a Venezuelan politician, and Governor of Aragua State from 2008 to 2012. A graduate of the Venezuelan Military Academy (1989), he partici ...

, 2008 *

Alí Rodríguez Araque Alí Rodríguez Araque (9 September 1937 – 19 November 2018) was a Venezuelan politician, lawyer, and diplomat. He was the leader of the political party Patria Para Todos ("Fatherland for All") and occupied various positions in the governmen ...

, 2008-2010 * Jorge Giordani, 2010-2013 * Nelson Merentes, 2013-2014 *

Rodolfo Clemente Marco Torres Rodolfo Clemente Marco Torres (born 10 September 1966), is a Venezuelan military officer and politician. He was the governor of Aragua State in 2017–2021. He was Minister of State for Public Banking, Minister of Food and Director of the Bank o ...

, 2014-2016 * Rodolfo Medina del Río, 2016-2017 * Ramón Augusto Lobo Moreno, 2017 * Simón Zerpa, 2017-2020 http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/918571541108839939/MIGAGovernors.pdf *

, 2020-

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