Venezuela: Government
Government
Venezuela is governed under the constitution of 1999 as amended. The president, who is both the head of state and the head of government, is popularly elected for a six-year term and is not subject to term limits. Members of the 167-seat unicameral National Assembly are elected for five-year terms. Administratively, Venezuela consists of 23 states, a federal district, of which Caracas is a part, and a federal dependency, which includes 11 island groups.
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- The Chávez Era
- Late-20th-Century Venezuela
- Independence and Civil Strife
- Early History and the Colonial Era
- Government
- Economy
- Land and People
- Bibliography
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