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Congreso General de Venezuela, in Constitution of 1811 and 1819 (19 years). Congreso del Estado de Venezuela , in Constitution of 1830 , 1857 and 1858 (34 years). Congreso de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela , in Constitution of 1864 , 1874 , 1881 , 1891 , 1893 , 1901 , 1904 , 1909 , 1914 , 1922 , 1925 , 1928 , 1929 , 1931 , 1936 and 1947 (89 ...
The First Republic of Venezuela (Spanish: Primera República de Venezuela) was the first independent government of Venezuela, lasting from 5 July 1811, to 25 July 1812.The period of the First Republic began with the overthrow of the Spanish colonial authorities and the establishment of the Junta Suprema de Caracas on 19 April 1810, initiating the Venezuelan War of Independence, and ended with ...
Vicente Emparan resisted accepting it and was thus ousted by the junta with other royal officials on April 19, 1810. The junta gained the support of most of the other provinces of Venezuela and convened a Congress on March 3, 1811, which decided to declare Venezuela's independence on July 5, forming the First Republic of Venezuela.
This Congress was composed of a Senate of Venezuela (Senado) and a Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados). The Senate was made up of two senators per state , two for the Federal District , and a number of ex officio senators intended to represent the nation's minorities.
At various times throughout its history, Venezuela has had unicameral and bicameral legislative bodies. National Assembly of Venezuela. Venezuelan Congress, first one convened in 1811, replaced by the legislature of Gran Colombia; Assembly organized by Simon Bolivar, convened once to ratify a decision; Legislature of Gran Colombia
The Constitution of Venezuela of 1811 (Official name: Federal Constitution of the States of Venezuela; Spanish: Constitución Federal de los Estados de Venezuela) was the first Constitution of Venezuela and Ibero-America, promulgated and written by Cristóbal Mendoza and Juan Germán Roscio, being sanctioned by the Constituent Congress of 1811 in the city of Caracas on December 21, 1811.
It was ratified by Congress on July 7, 1811 with 43 votes for and one vote against, and recorded in the Congress's Book of Minutes on August 17, 1811, in Caracas. The anniversary of this declaration is celebrated as Independence Day. The original Book of Minutes of the first Congress of Venezuela is in the Federal Legislative Palace in Caracas.
The Constitution of Venezuela of 1961 was approved on January 16, 1961, by the then Congress of the Republic (currently the National Assembly) with the affirmative vote of the four main political forces of the country at that time, Democratic Action, Democratic Republican Union, COPEI and the Communist Party of Venezuela.