2012 in Venezuela
Many interesting things happened in 2012 in Venezuela.
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
Deaths
- 28 March: Feliciano Carvallo — painter.
- 2 April: Jesús Aguilarte — político.
- 13 April: Verónica Gómez Carabali - volleyball player.
- 2 May: Lourdes Valera — actress.
- 17 June: Herman "Chiquitín" Ettedgui — sportsman, journalist and sports promoter.
- 22 June: María Teresa Castillo — activist, journalist, congresswoman and cultural promoter.
- 10 August: Ramón Vásquez Brito — painter.
- 3 September: Virgilio Trómpiz — 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 — playwright and theater director.
- 25 December: Augusto Bracca — musician, composer and popular culturist.