History
The formerly bicameral Venezuelan legislature was transformed by the 1999 constitution into a unicameral National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional).
The current President, Hugo Chavez, was first elected in December 1998. His platform called for the creation of a National Constituent Assembly in order to write a new constitution. The political system described below is that defined by the 1999 Constitution, which was approved by popular referendum in 1999 and first came into force on 30 December 1999. Chávez was re-elected in December 2006 and in October 2012.
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