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 (b. 1920) — painter.
 * 2 April: Jesús Aguilarte (b. 1959) — político.
 * 13 April: Verónica Gómez Carabali (b. 1985) - volleyball player.
 * 2 May: Lourdes Valera (b. 1963) — actress.
 * 17 June: Herman "Chiquitín" Ettedgui (b. 1917) — sportsman, journalist and sports promoter.
 * 22 June: María Teresa Castillo (b. 1908) — activist, journalist, congresswoman and cultural promoter.
 * 10 August: Ramón Vásquez Brito (b. 1927) — painter.
 * 3 September: Virgilio Trómpiz (b. 1927) — 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 (b. 1944) — playwright and theater director.
 * 25 December: Augusto Bracca (b. 1918) — musician, composer and popular culturist.