2017 in Venezuela

The following lists events in the year 2017 in Venezuela.

Incumbents

 * President: Nicolás Maduro
 * Vice President: Aristóbulo Istúriz (until January 4), Tareck El Aissami (starting January 4)

Governors

 * Amazonas: Liborio Guarulla then Miguel Rodríguez
 * Anzoátegui: Nelson Moreno then Antonio Barreto Sira
 * Apure: Ramón Carrizales
 * Aragua: Caryl Bertho then Rodolfo Clemente Marco Torres
 * Barinas: Zenaida Gallardo then Argenis Chávez
 * Bolívar: Francisco Rangel Gómez then Justo Noguera Pietri
 * Carabobo: Gustavo Pulido Cardier then Rafael Lacava
 * Cojedes: Margaud Godoy
 * Delta Amacuro: Lizeta Hernández
 * Falcón: Stella Lugo then Víctor Clark
 * Guárico: Ramón Rodríguez Chacín then José Manuel Vásquez
 * Lara: Henri Falcón (until October 16); Carmen Meléndez (starting October 16)
 * Mérida: Alexis Ramirez then Ramón Guevara
 * Miranda: Henrique Capriles Radonski then Héctor Rodríguez
 * Monagas: Yelitza Santaella
 * Nueva Esparta: Carlos Mata Figueroa then Alfredo Díaz
 * Portuguesa: Reinaldo Castañeda then Rafael Calles
 * Sucre: Edwin Rojas
 * Táchira: José Vielma Mora then Laidy Gómez
 * Trujillo: Henry Rangel Silva
 * Vargas: Jorge García Carneiro
 * Yaracuy: Julio León Heredia
 * Zulia: Francisco Arias Cárdenas then Juan Pablo Guanipa then Magdely Valbuena then Omar Prieto

Events

 * For events regarding the protests, see Timeline of the 2017 Venezuelan protests.

February

 * 14 February - The United States sanctions Vice President El Aissami over allegations of playing a role in drug trafficking, freezing his assets in the US and barring him from entering the country.
 * 15 February - Venezuela bans CNN from the country after allegations of spreading propaganda.

October

 * 15 October - The Bolivarian government Great Patriotic Pole won 18 of the 23 governorships while the opposition only 5 during the 2017 Venezuelan regional elections

December

 * 3 December - President Nicolás Maduro announces the creation of a new cryptocurrency the petro.
 * 10 December - The Bolivarian government Great Patriotic Pole won 306 of the 337 Mayorships during the 2017 Venezuelan municipal elections.

Deaths

 * 1 January – Memo Morales, singer (b. 1937).
 * 6 January – Octavio Lepage, politician (b. 1923).
 * 26 June – Isaías Pimentel, tennis player (b. 1933)