List of governors of Monagas

Governor of Monagas
Governor of Monagas
	State coat of arms
	Flag of the State
	Incumbent; Ernesto Luna;
Style	Governor
Status	Head of State;
Term length	Four years

This is a list of governors of the Venezuelan state of Monagas.

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 (Maturín 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)
Alirio Ugarte Pelayo. (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)
Luis Piñerúa Ordaz. (1960–61)
Armando Sánchez Bueno. (1961–62)
Darío Rodríguez Méndez. (1963–64)
Noel Grisanti Luciani. (1964–65)
Luis Alfaro Ucero. (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)
Guillermo Call. (1986–87)
Pedro Augusto Beauperthuy. (1987–89)

Governors chosen by direct election

Took office	Left office	Governor	Vote
1989	1992	Guillermo Call, Democratic Action	58.05
1992	1995	Guillermo Call, Democratic Action	52.45
1995	1998	Luis Eduardo Martínez, Democratic Action	48.34
1998	2000	Luis Eduardo Martínez, Democratic Action	51.74
2000	2000	Miguel Gómez, MVR	Replacement after Martínez resigned office for health issues.
2000	2004	Guillermo Call, Democratic Action	41.25
2004	2008	José Gregorio Briceño, MIGATO	58.29
2008	2012	José Gregorio Briceño, PSUV	64.86
2012	2017	Yelitza Santaella, PSUV	55.11
2017	2021	Yelitza Santaella, PSUV	54,07
2021	current	Cosme Arzolay, PSUV	Replacement after Santaella became Minister of Education.

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