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See also:	Other events of 2012 Years in Venezuela Timeline of Venezuelan history

Incumbents

• President: Hugo Chavez
• Vice President:
  • until October 13: Elias Jaua
  • starting October 13: Nicolás Maduro

Governors

• Amazonas: Liborio Guarulla
• Anzoátegui: Tarek William Saab then Aristóbulo Istúriz
• Apure: Rafael Isea then Ramón Carrizales
• Aragua: Tareck El Aissami
• Barinas: Hugo de los Reyes Chávez then Adán Chávez
• Bolívar: Francisco Rangel Gómez
• Carabobo: Henrique Salas Feo then Francisco Ameliach
• Cojedes: Erika Farías
• Delta Amacuro: Lizeta Hernández
• Falcón: Stella Lugo
• Guárico: Luis Gallardo then Ramón Rodríguez Chacín
• Lara: Luis Reyes Reyes then Henri Falcón
• Mérida: Marcos Díaz Orellana then Alexis Ramirez
• Miranda: Henrique Capriles Radonski
• Monagas: José Gregorio Briceño then Yelitza Santaella
• Nueva Esparta: Carlos Mata Figueroa
• Portuguesa: Wilmar Castro
• Sucre: Luis Acuña
• Táchira: César Pérez Vivas then José Vielma Mora
• Trujillo: Hugo Cabezas then Henry Rangel Silva
• Vargas: Jorge García Carneiro
• Yaracuy: Julio León Heredia
• Zulia: Pablo Pérez Álvarez then Francisco Arias Cárdenas

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Deaths

• 28 March: Feliciano Carvallo (b. 1920) — painter.
• 2 April: Jesús Aguilarte (b. 1959) — político.
• 13 April: Verónica Gómez Carabali (b. 1985) - volleyball player.
• 2 May: Lourdes Valera (b. 1963) — actress.
• 17 June: Herman "Chiquitín" Ettedgui (b. 1917) — sportsman, journalist and sports promoter.
• 22 June: María Teresa Castillo (b. 1908) — activist, journalist, congresswoman and cultural promoter.
• 10 August: Ramón Vásquez Brito (b. 1927) — painter.
• 3 September: Virgilio Trómpiz (b. 1927) — painter.
• 29 September:
  • Antonio Valero — Justice First leader killed at a campaign rally in Barinitas.
  • Omar Fernández — Democratic Action leader killed in the same event.
• 21 October: Rodolfo Santana (b. 1944) — playwright and theater director.
• 25 December: Augusto Bracca (b. 1918) — musician, composer and popular culturist.

See also

• History of Venezuela

References