President of the National Assembly of Venezuela information
Presiding officer of the National Assembly of Venezuela
President of the National Assembly
Incumbent Disputed between Jorge Rodríguez and Dinorah Figuera since 5 January 2023
Appointer
National Assembly
Term length
1 year
Inaugural holder
Willian Lara
Formation
10 August 2000
Deputy
First Vice President
Website
www.asambleanacionalvenezuela.org
The president of the National Assembly (Spanish: Presidente de la Asamblea Nacional) is the presiding officer (speaker) of the National Assembly, Venezuela's unicameral legislature. The president's term coincides with the term of the legislature (five years as per constitutional convention). The post has existed since the election of the first National Assembly in 2000. Before the creation of the National Assembly with the adoption of the 1999 constitution, the country's legislature was the bicameral Congress, which contained the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. The last president of the Senate was Luis Alfonso Dávila, and the last president of the Chamber of Deputies was Henrique Capriles Radonski.
Since 5 January 2019, Juan Guaidó, a member of the Popular Will (VP) party and the Democratic Unity Roundtable coalition,[citation needed] has been President of the National Assembly. On 5 January 2020, however, state police blocked some deputies' entry to the chambers of the National Assembly[citation needed] as Luis Parra was elected to be the next president of the Assembly, with Guaidó and his allies alleging the election took place without a quorum being present. However, José Noriega of the Popular Will party and second vice-president of the National Assembly stated that a sufficient number of votes were cast for a valid election.[1] Following the disputed election, two competing claims emerged over the post – one by Luis Parra and one by Juan Guaidó, with both claiming to be the legitimate President of the National Assembly.[2]
In 2020, parliamentary elections took place in Venezuela, in which, without opposition participation and amid claims for fraud and lack of transparency, Chavismo took full control of the legislature. Since January 5, 2021, the date on which the majority socialist parliament began sessions – the V Legislature, Jorge Rodríguez claims to be the president of the National Assembly,[3] while the IV Legislature, elected in 2015 and recognized by a considerable part of the international community, extended its functions through a referendum, so Juan Guaidó also continues to maintain that he leads the Venezuelan parliament.[4] By this situation, it is understood that two parliaments now operate in parallel in the country, one elected in 2015 with an opposition majority, and another elected in 2020 with a Chavista majority.[5]
^Romero, Valentín (5 January 2019). "Parra fue escogido sin votos, ni quórum: Diputados opositores" (in Spanish). Noticiero Digital. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
^"Two Venezuela lawmakers declare themselves Speaker". 6 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
^"Venezuela Seats Pro-Maduro Congress | Voice of America - English". www.voanews.com. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
^"Venezuela's opposition assembly approves its continuity for 2021 | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
^Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Venezuela: Guaidó y chavistas instalan parlamentos paralelos | DW | 05.01.2021". DW.COM (in European Spanish). Retrieved 5 January 2021.
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