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Venezuela**

H.E. Tibisay Lucena Ramírez,
President, CNE

PArt i PArt ii
CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Country Name LEGISLATURE
VENEZUELA
1. Structure of National Legislature
2. Official Name Unicameral
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Government National Assembly
Federal Presidential Republic
3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
4. Head of the Government nominated
President – Nicolás Maduro 110 members are elected through majority
vote, 52 members are elected by proportional
5. Head of the State representation while 3 seats arereserved for
President – Nicolás Maduro indigenous people in the Asamblea Nacional

6. Capital (National Assembly)
Caracas 4. Popular House
7. Currency Asamblea Nacional
VEF - Venezuelan Bolívar
5. Type of Electoral System
8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) FPTP
unspecified Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab,
German, African, indigenous people PArt iii
9. Date of Independence and from which Country ELECtorAL sYstEM
5 July 1811 (from Spain)

10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution (A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
30 December 1999
1. Name of the EMB(S)
11. Language (s) Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) (National
Spanish (official) Electoral Council)

12. Literacy Levels 3. Website Address
97.13% www.cne.gov.ve

**Draft. EMB has been requested to update the draft. Response awaited. SA-10 204

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