# List of governors of Bolívar

This is a partial list of governors of the Venezuelan state of Bolívar. Until 1989 they were appointed by the president of Venezuela. Starting from that year they were elected in universal, direct and secret elections.

## Appointed governors

| Period | Designate |
| 1591–1597 | Antonio Berrío |
| 1597–1612 | Fernando de Berrio y Oruna |
| 1612–1614 | Sancho de Alquiza |
| 1614–1616 | Antonio de Mujica y Builtron |
| 1616–1618 | Diego Palomeque de Acuña |
| 1618 | Juan de Lezama |
| 1618–1619 | Diego Palomeque de Acuña |
| 1619–1629 | Fernando de Berrio y Oruña |
| 1629–1635 | Luis de Monsalve |
| 1635–1636 | Cristóbal de Arana |
| 1636–1642 | Diego López de Escobar |
| 1642–1647 | Martin de Mendoza y Berrio |
| 1647–1650 | Cristóbal de Vera |
| 1650–1652 | Bravo de Acuña |
| 1652–1653 | Pedro de Brizuela |
| 1653–1656 | Cristóbal de Vera |
| 1656–1657 | Pedro de Brizuela |
| 1657 | Pedro de Padilla |
| 1657–1658 | Cristóbal de Vera |
| 1658–1659 | Pedro Juan de Viedman |
| 1659 | Pedro de Padilla |
| 1660 | Bravo de León |
| 1660–1664 | Pedro Juan de Viedman |
| 1664–1665 | José de Aspe y Zúñiga |
| 1665 | Francisco de Palacio y Rada |
| 1665 | Juan Bautista Valde |
| 1667 | Juan Bravo de Acuna |
| 1667–1670 | José de Aspe y Zúñiga |
| 1670–1677 | Diego Jiménez de Aldana |
| 1677–1682 | Tiburcio de Aspe y Zúñiga |
| 1682–1690 | Diego Suárez Ponce de Leon |
| 1690–1696 | Francisco de Meneses |
| 1696–1701 | José de León y Echales |
| 1701–1704 | Francisco Ruiz de Aguirre |
| 1705–1711 | Felipe de Artieda |
| 1711–1716 | Cristóbal Félix de Guzmán |
| 1716–1721 | Pedro de Jara |
| 1721 | Juán de Orvay |
| 1721–1726 | Martin Pérez de Anda y Salazar |
| 1726–1731 | Agustín de Arredondo |
| 1729–1731 | Juán de Dios Valdes |
| 1731–1733 | Bartolomé de Aldunate y Rada |
| 1733–1735 | José Orvay y P. Jiménez |
| 1735 | Esteban de Linan y Vera |
| 1733–1735 | Carlos Sucre |
| 1735–1736 | Vicente de Sucre |
| 1736–1740 | Carlos Sucre |
| 1740–1745 | Gregorio Espinoza de los Monteros |
| 1745–1753 | Diego Tabares Haumada y Barrios |
| 1753–1757 | Mateo Gual y Pueyo |
| 1757–1759 | Nicolás de Castro |
| 1759–1763 | José de Diguja y Villa Gómez |
| 1662–1766 | Joaquín Sábas Moreno de Mendoza |
| 1766–1776 | Manuel Centurión Guerrero de Torre |
| 1776–1778 | José de Linares |
| 1778–1784 | Antonio de Pereda Lasconótegu |
| 1784–1790 | Miguel Marmión |
| 1790–1797 | Luis Antonio Gil |
| 1797–1810 | Felipe de Inciarte |
| 1810 | José de Heres |
| 1810–1812 | Matías Farreras |
| 1812–1813 | José de Chastre |
| 1813–1815 | Matías Herreras |
| 1815–1816 | Nicolás Ceruti |
| 1816–1817 | Manuel Cedeño y Juan Vicente Cardozo |
| 1817–1818 | Tomás Montilla y Manuel Valdez |
| 1818–1819 | Manuel Valdez |
| 1819–1820 | Manuel Cedeño, Nicolás Pumar y A. Uzcátegui |
| 1821–1822 | Alonso Uzcátegui y José Ucroz |
| 1822–1823 | Francisco Conde |
| 1823–1828 | José Manuel Olivares |
| 1828–1829 | José de la Cruz Paredes y José Laurencio Silva |
| 1829–1830 | José de la Cruz Paredes, Manuel Ortiz Juan. A. Mirabal |
| 1830–1831 | Juan Antonio Mirabal, Felipe Domínguez y Eusebio Afanador |
| 1831–1832 | Eusebio Afanador, Bibiano Vidal y Pedro Volastero |
| 1832–1835 | Mateo Mediavilla, Marcos Calderón, Ramón Contasti y Manuel Capella |
| 1836–1840 | Tomás de Heres |
| 1836 | Manuel Capella |
| 1837 | Manuel Bermúdez |
| 1838 | Florentino Grillet |
| 1838 | José Gabriel Núñez |
| 1839 | Vicente León y Manuel Capella |
| 1840 | Manuel Zeron |
| 1840 | Manuel Capella |
| 1840–1841 | Ramón Burgos |
| 1841–1842 | Florentino Grillet |
| 1842 | Vicente Hernández |
| 1842 | José Antonio Franco |
| 1842 | Rafael Urdaneta |
| 1842–1843 | Ramón Burgos |
| 1843–1845 | Francisco Avendaño |
| 1845 | Fernando Carpio |
| 1845 | Francisco Auendaño |
| 1846 | José Tomás Machado |
| 1846–1849 | Pedro Muguerza |
| 1849 | Emeterio Emazábel |
| 1849–1853 | José Tomás Machado |
| 1853 | José Miguel La Grave |
| 1853 | Biviano Vidal |
| 1853–1856 | Francisco Capella |
| 1856–1857 | Juan Valles y Santos Gáspari |
| 1858 | Manuel Planchart |
| 1858 | Esteban Salom |
| 1858 | Juan Bautista Dalla-Costa (hijo) |
| 1858 | Santos Gáspari |
| 1858–1859 | Manuel Yánez |
| 1859–1860 | Bibiano Vidal |
| 1860 | Luis Soublette |
| 1860–1861 | Florentino Grillet |
| 1861–1863 | Juan Bautista Dalla-Costa (hijo) |
| 1863 | Miguel Aristiguieta |
| 1864 | José Maria Frontado |
| 1864 | José Miguel Núñez |
| 1864–1865 | Braulio Barrios |
| 1865 | José L. Arismendi |
| 1865–1866 | Federico Fortique |
| 1866 | Santos Jurado |
| 1866–1871 | Juan Bautista Dalla-Costa (hijo) |
| 1871 | Miguel Aristiguieta |
| 1871 | Francisco Goicoechea |
| 1872 | Antonio Dalla-Costa |
| 1872 | Florentino Grillet |
| 1872 | Jacinto Gutiérrez |
| 1872 | José Gabriel Ochoa |
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| 1877 | Juan Antonio Machado |
| 1877 | Martín Davalillo |
| 1877 | Tomás Machado |
| 1878 | Máximo Hernández |
| 1878 | Florentino Vidal |
| 1879 | Rafael Carabaño |
| 1880 | Antonio Parejo |
| 1880–1881 | Venancio Pulgar |
| 1881 | Jorge Mediavilla |
| 1881–1884 | Ramón A. Mayol |
| 1884–1886 | J. M. Bermúdez Grau |
| 1886–1887 | Raimundo Fonseca |
| 1887–1888 | Santiago Izaguirre |
| 1888–1890 | José Maria Emazábel |
| 1890–1892 | José Ángel Ruiz |
| 1894 | Manuel González Gil |
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| 1898 | Ernesto García |
| 1899 | Nicolás Rolando |
| 1899 | Lorenzo Guevara |
| 1902 | Juli. Sarría Hurtado |
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| 1908–1909 | Francisco Linares Alcántara |
| 1901–1911 | Arístides Tellería |
| 1911–1914 | Luís Godoy |
| 1914 | David Gimón |
| 1914–1921 | Marcelino Torres García |
| 1924–1930 | Vicencio Pérez Soto |
| 1930–1931 | Silverio González |
| 1931–1933 | José J. Gabaldón |
| 1933–1936 | Toribio Muñoz |
| 1936 | Antonio Álamo |
| 1936–1938 | J. F. Machado Díaz |
| 1938–1941 | José Benigno Rendón |
| 1941–1943 | Carlos Meyer |
| 1943 | Gumersindo Torres |
| 1943 | José Nicomedes Rivas |
| 1943–1945 | Mario Briceño Iragorri |
| 1945 | Carlos Tinoco Rodil |
| 1945 | Julio César Paván |
| 1945–1946 | Héctor Guillermo Villalobos |
| 1946–1948 | Fernando Álvarez Manosalva |
| 1948 | Ángel Fariñas Salgado |
| 1948 | Alfonso Acosta Córdoba |
| 1948–1953 | José Gervasio Barceló Vidal |
| 1953–1958 | Eudoro Sánchez Lanz |
| 1958 | Carlos Tamayo Suárez |
| 1958–1959 | Horacio Cabrera Sifontes |
| 159-1960 | Diego Heredia Hernández |
| 1960–1962 | Leopoldo Sucre Figarella |
| 1962–1964 | Rafael Sanoja Valladares |
| 1964–1967 | Pedro Battistini Castro |
| 1967–1968 | Luís Raúl Vásquez Zamora |
| 1968–1969 | Rafael Sanoja Valladares |
| 1969–1970 | Carlos Eduardo Oxford Arias |
| 1970–1974 | Manuel D. Garrido Mendoza |
| 1975–1977 | Domingo Álvarez Rodríguez |
| 1975–1977 | Roberto Arreaza Contasti |
| 1977 | Fortunato Adrián Morillo |
| 1977–1979 | Jesús Álvarez Fernández |
| 1979 | José Miguel Gómez Bello |
| 1979–1982 | Alberto Palazzi |
| 1982–1983 | Alcides Sánchez Negrón |
| 1983–1984 | Paúl Von Büren Pesquera |
| 1984–1986 | Edgar Vallée Vallée |
| 1986–1987 | René Silva Idrogo |
| 1987 | Pablo Gamboa Rivero |
| 1987–1989 | Luís Felipe Goubat Delgado |
| 1989 | Omar González Moreno |

## Modern governors

Governors chosen by popular election
| Took office | Left office | Governor | Vote |
| 1989 | 1992 | Andrés Velásquez, La Causa R | 40.30 |
| 1992 | 1995 | Andrés Velásquez, La Causa R | 63.36 |
| 1995 | 2000 | Jorge Carvajal, Acción Democrática | 49.41 |
| 2000 | 2004 | Antonio Rojas Suárez, MVR | 63.68 |
| 2004 | 2008 | Francisco Rangel Gómez, MVR | 58.85 |
| 2008 | 2012 | Francisco Rangel Gómez, PSUV | 47.38 |
| 2012 | 2017 | Francisco Rangel Gómez, PSUV | 46.55 |
| 2017 | 2021 | Justo Noguera Pietri, PSUV | 49,09 |