Parliament (National Congress) is bicameral and is located in Caracas.
The Chamber of Deputies has 204 members, who are elected to five-year terms by popular vote. The Senate has 50 members, who are elected to five-year terms by popular vote.
Presidents
1830-1835 José Antonio Páez
1835-1836 José María Vargas
1836-1839 Andrés Navarrete, José Ma. Carreño, and Carlos Soublette
1839-1843 José Antonio Páez
1843-1847 Carlos Soublette
1847-1851 José Tadeo Monagas
1851-1855 José Gregorio Monagas
1855-1858 José Tadeo Monagas
1858-1859 Julián Castro
1859-1861 Manuel Felipe Tovar
1861-1863 José Antonio Páez
1863-1869 Juán Crisóstomo Falcón
1869-1870 José Ruperto Monagas
1870-1877 Antonio Guzmán Blanco
1877-1878 Francisco Linares Alcántara
1879-1884 Antonio Guzmán Blanco
1884-1886 Joaquín Crespo
1886-1887 Antonio Guzmán Blanco
1887-1888 Hermógenes López
1888-1890 Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl
1890-1892 Raimundo Andueza Palacios
1892-1898 Joaquín Crespo
1898-1899 Ignacio Andrade
1899-1908 Cipriano Castro
1908-1935 Juan Vicente Gómez
1935-1941 Eleazar López Contreras
1941-1945 Isaías Medina Angarita
1945-1948 Rómulo Betancourt
1948-1948 Rómulo Gallegos
1948-1950 Carlos Delgado Chalbaud
1950-1952 Germán Suárez Flamerich
1952-1958 Marcos Pérez Jiménez
1958-1958 Wolfgang Larrazábal
1958-1959 Edgard Sanabria
1959-1964 Rómulo Betancourt
1964-1969 Raúl Leoni
1969-1974 Rafael Caldera
1974-1979 Carlos Andrés Pérez
1979-1984 Luis Herrera Campins
1984-1989 Jaime Lusinchi
1989-1993 Carlos Andrés Pérez
1993-1994 Ramón J. Velásquez
1994-1999 Rafael Caldera
1999-2002 Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías
2002-2002 Efrain Vasquez Velasco (chairman of the military commission)
2002-2002 Pedro Carmona Estanga (president of transitional government)
2002-2002 Diosdado Cabello Rondón
2002 now Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías
2011-2011 Elias José Jaua Milano (acting)
