| NAME: | DATE IN OFFICE: | FORM OF ENTRY: | OCCUPATION: |
| 01- Cristobal Mendoza | 1811-1812 | Executive Triumvirate elected by 1st Congress | Lawyer |
| 02- Simón Bolívar | 1813-1814 | Indirect Elections | Military General |
| 03- Simón Bolívar | 1813-1814 | Indirect Elections | Military General |
| 04- José Antonio Páez | 1830-1835 | Indirect Elections | Military General |
| 05- Andrés Narvarte | 1835-1835 | Acting President | Lawyer/Politician |
| 06- José María Vargas | 1835-1835 | Indirect Elections | Physician |
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| 07- José María Carreño | 1835-1835 | Acting President | Military General |
| 08- José María Vargas | 1835-1836 | Restoration | Military General |
| 09- Andrés Narvarte | 1836-1837 | Interim Caretaker | Lawyer/Politician |
| 10- José María Carreño | 1837-1837 | Interim Caretaker | Military General |
| 11- Carlos Soublette | 1837-1839 | Interim Caretaker | Military General |
| 12- José Antonio Páez | 1839-1843 | Indirect Elections | Military General |
| 13- Carlos Soublette | 1843-1847 | Indirect Elections | Military General |
| 14- José Tadeo Monagas | 1847-1851 | Indirect Elections | Military General |
| 15- José G. Monagas | 1851-1855 | Indirect Elections | Military General |
| 16- José Tadeo Monagas | 1855-1858 | Indirect Elections | Military General |
| 17- Pedro Gual Escandon | 1858-1858 | ??? | ??? |
| 18- Julián Castro | 1858-1859 | Coup d'état | Military General |
| 19- Pedro Gual Escandon | 1859-1859 | ??? | ??? |
| 20- Manuel Felipe Tovar | 1859-1861 | Coup d'état (1st Term) Direct Elections (2nd Term) | Politician |
| 21- Pedro Gual Escandon | 1861-1861 | ??? | ??? |
| 22- José Antonio Páez | 1861-1863 | ??? | ??? |
| 23- Juan Crisóstomo Falcón | 1863 - 1865 | Victory in the Federal War (1st Term) | Military General |
| 24- Juan Crisóstomo Falcón | 1865 - 1868 | Indirect elections (2nd Term) | Military General |
| 25- Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual | 1868-1868 | ??? | ??? |
| 26- Guillermo Tell Villegas | 1868-1869 | ??? | ??? |
| 27- José Ruperto Monagas | 1869-1870 | Revolution | Military General |
| 28- Guillermo Tell Villegas | 1870-1870 | ??? | ??? |
| 29- Antonio Guzmán Blanco | 1870-1877 | Revolution (1st Term) | Lawyer/Military General |
| 30- Antonio Guzmán Blanco | 1870-1877 | Indirect Elections (2nd Term) | Lawyer/Military General |
| 31- Francisco L. Alcántara | 1877-1878 | Indirect Elections | Military General |
| 32- José Gregorio Varela | 1878-1878 | ??? | ??? |
| 33- Antonio Guzmán Blanco | 1879-1880 | Election by the Federal States | Lawyer/Military General |
| 34- Antonio Guzmán Blanco | 1880-1882 | Election by the Federal States | Lawyer/Military General |
| 35- Antonio Guzmán Blanco | 1882-1884 | Election by the Federal States | Lawyer/Military General |
| 36- Joaquín de Jesús Crespo | 1884-1886 | Elections by the Federal States | Military General |
| 37- Antonio Guzmán Blanco | 1886-1887 | Election by the Federal States | Lawyer/Military General |
| 38- Hermógenes López | 1887 - 1888 | Intermin Caretaker | Military General |
| 39- Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl | 1888 - 1890 | Elections by the Federal States | Lawyer |
| 40- Raimundo A. Palacio | 1890-1892 | Elections by the Federal States | Lawyer |
| 41- Guillermo Tell Villegas | 1892-1892 | ??? | ??? |
| 42- Joaquín de Jesús Crespo | 1892-1894 | Revolution | Military General |
| 43- Joaquín de Jesús Crespo | 1894-1898 | Revolution | Military General |
| 44- Ignacio Andrade | 1898-1899 | Direct Elections | Politician |
| 45-Cipriano Castro Ruiz | 1899-1908 | Revolution | Military General |
| 46- Juan Vicente Gómez | 1908-1914 | Coup d'état | Military General |
| 47- Victorino M. Bustillos | 1915-1922 | Appointed Provisional President | Lawyer/Politician |
| 48- Juan Vicente Gómez | 1922-1929 | ??? | ??? |
| 49- Juan Bautista Pérez | 1929-1931 | Indirect Election by the National Assembly | Lawyer/Magistrate |
| 50- Juan Vicente Gómez | 1931-1935 | Indirect Election by the National Assembly | Military General |
| 51- Eleazar López Contreras | 1935-1936 | Interim Caretaker (1st Term) | Military General |
| 52- Eleazar López Contreras | 1936-1941 | Indirect Elections (2nd Term) | Military General |
| 53- Isaías Medina Angarita | 1941-1945 | Indirect Elections | Military General |
| 54- Rómulo Betancourt | 1945-1948 | Coup d'état | Politician |
| 55- Rómulo Gallegos Freire | 1948-1948 | Direct Elections | Writer/Novelist |
| 56- Carlos Chalbaud | 1948-1950 | Coup d'état | Military Officer |
| 57- Germán Suárez Flamerich | 1950-1952 | Interim Caretaker | Lawyer |
| 58- Marcos Pérez Jiménez | 1952-1958 | Indirect Elections | Military Officer |
| 59- Wolfgang Larrazábal | 1958-1958 | Coup d'état | Rear Admiral |
| 60- Edgar Sanabria | 1958-1959 | Interim Caretaker | Lawyer |
| 61- Rómulo Betancourt | 1959-1964 | Direct Elections | Politician |
| 62- Raúl Leoni Otero | 1964-1969 | Direct Elections | Lawyer |
| 63- Rafael Caldera Rodríguez | 1969-1974 | Direct Elections | Lawyer |
| 64- Carlos Andrés Pérez | 1974-1979 | Direct Elections | Politician |
| 65- Luis Herrera Campins | 1979-1984 | Direct Elections | Lawyer |
| 66- Jaime Lusinchi | 1984-1989 | Direct Elections | Physician |
| 67- Carlos Andrés Pérez | 1989-1993 | Direct Elections | Politician |
| 68- Octavio Lepage Barreto | 1993-1993 | Interim President | Writer |
| 69- Ramón José Velásquez | 1993-1994 | Interim President | Writer |
| 70- Rafael Caldera Rodríguez | 1994-1999 | Direct Elections | Lawyer |
| 71- Hugo Chávez Frías | 1999-2001 | Direct Elections | Military Officer |
| 72- Hugo Chávez Frías | 2001-2007 | Direct Elections | Military Officer |
| 73- Hugo Chávez Frías | 2007-Present | Direct Elections | Military Officer |
