The following is a list of ministers of External affairs of Venezuela since 1830,Rulers.org – Foreign ministers S–Z when Venezuela achieved independence after the dissolution of Gran Colombia. The founding minister was Diego Bautista Urbaneja, who held multiple terms. The current minister is Félix Plasencia, who assumed office on 14 July 2026.

List No. NamePresident Term of office3Diego Bautista Urbaneja José Antonio Páez13 Jan 1830 28 May 18304Santos Michelena28 May 1830 8 Jun 18335José Luis Ramos (interim) Andrés Narvarte8 Jun 183315 Oct 18336 Pedro Pablo Díaz15 Oct 183320 Jan 1835 7 José Luis Ramos (2nd term) José María Vargas20 Jan 183529 Mar 18358 Santos Michelena (2nd term) 29 Mar 183526 Nov 18359 José Eusebio Gallegos 26 Nov 183515 Jan 183710 José Luis Ramos (3rd term) 15 Jan 183720 Jan 183711 Manuel Echeandía José María Carreño20 Jan 183713 Mar 183712 José Luis Ramos (4th term) Carlos Soublette13 Mar 183712 Apr 183713 Santos Michelena (3rd term) 12 Apr 183730 May 183714 Guillermo Smith Carlos SoubletteJosé Antonio Páez30 May 183722 May 184115 Francisco Aranda José Antonio PáezCarlos Soublette22 May, 184126 Mar, 184416 Juan Manuel Manrique Carlos Soublette26 Mar 184420 Jan 184717 Pedro de las Casas Diego Bautista Urbaneja20 Jan 18474 Mar 184718 Miguel Herrera José Tadeo Monagas4 Mar 18473 May 184719 Pedro de las Casas (interim)3 May 184724 May 184720 José Félix Blanco 24 May 184720 Nov 184721 Rafael Acevedo 20 Nov 184731 Oct 184822 Antonio Leocadio Guzmán 31 Oct 18485 Feb 184923 Ramón Yepes 5 Feb 18498 Mar 184924 José Rafael Revenga 8 Mar 184923 Apr 184925 Diego Antonio Caballero 23 Apr 18494 May 184926 Jacinto Gutiérrez Martínez 4 May 18496 Sep 184927 Vicente Lecuna6 Sep 184926 Sep 184928 Rafael Agostine26 Sep 18496 Dec 184929 Manuel Machín Quintero6 Dec 184920 Feb 185030 Fernando Olavarría20 Feb 18505 Jun 185031 Vicente Lecuna (2nd term)5 Jun 185018 Jan 185132 Esteban Herrera18 Jan 185114 Feb 185133 José María Heres José Gregorio Monagas14 Feb 1851 22 Mar 185134 Carlos Gellineau22 Mar 18515 May 185135 Francisco Aranda (2nd term)5 May 185117 Sep 185136 Joaquín Herrera17 Sep 185127 Jan 1853 37 Ramón Yepes (2nd term)27 Jan 185329 Mar 185338 Simón Planas29 Mar 1853 20 Jan 185539 Julián Viso Joaquín Herrera 20 Jan 185526 Jan 185540 Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl26 Jan 18557 Feb 1855 41 Francisco Aranda (3rd term) José Tadeo Monagas7 Feb 18559 Dec 185542 Jacinto Gutiérrez Martínez (2nd term)9 Dec 185515 Mar 185843 Ramón Yepes (3rd term) Junta Provisional de Gobierno15 Mar 185819 Mar, 185844 Wenceslao Urrutia Julián Castro19 Mar, 185814 Apr, 185845 Fermín Toro14 Apr 1858 17 Jun 185946 Miguel Herrera17 Jun 185929 Jul 185847 Mauricio Berrisbeitia30 Jul 185821 Aug 185848 Luis Sanojo21 Aug 185824 Feb 185949 Carlos Soublette24 Feb 1858 4 Apr 185950 Pedro de las Casas (2nd term)4 Apr 185911 Jun 185951 Juan José Mendoza11 Jun 185920 Jun 185952 Estanislao Rondón20 Jun 185916 Aug 185953 Manuel Machín Quintero (2nd term)16 Aug 185929 Dec 185954 Jesús María Morales Marcano29 Dec 185918 Apr 186055 Juan José Mendoza (2nd term)18 Apr 186020 Jul 186056 Pedro de las Casas (3rd term)20 Jul, 18606 Apr, 186157Hilarión Nadal José Antonio Páez6 Apr 186114 May 186158Carlos Tirado14 May 18619 Jul 186159 Jesús María Morales Marcano (2nd term)9 Jul 18619 Aug 186160 Rafael Seijas9 Aug 18611 Jan 186261 Pedro José Rojas1 Jan 1862 11 Jan 1862 62 Manuel Porras11 Jun 1862 4 Jul 1862 63 Jesús María Morales Marcano (3rd term)4 Jul 1862 15 Jun 1863 64 Antonio Guzmán Blanco Juan Crisóstomo Falcón25 Jul 1863 7 Aug 1863 65 Guillermo Tell Villegas7 Aug 1863 21 Jan 186466 Antonio Guzmán Blanco (2nd term)21 Jan 18646 Feb 186467 Antonio María Salom6 Feb 18647 Mar 186468 José Gabriel Ochoa7 Mar 18646 Nov 186469 Juan de Dios Morales6 Nov 18649 Dec 186470 Rafael Seijas (2nd term)9 Dec 186524 Jul 186771 Antonio Guzmán Blanco (3rd term)24 Jul 18673 Oct 186572 Rafael Seijas (3rd term)3 Oct 18655 Mar 186773 Jesús María Sistiaga5 Mar 18674 Sep 186774 Jacinto Gutiérrez Martínez (3rd term)4 Sep 186712 Feb 186875 José Gabriel Ochoa12 Feb 18688 Apr 186876 José Gregorio Villafañe8 Apr, 186828 Apr, 186877 Rafael Arvelo José Ruperto Monagas28 Apr, 186827 Jun, 186878 Guillermo Tell Villegas (2nd term)27 June 186824 Feb 186979 Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl (2nd term)24 Feb 186931 July 186980 Idelfonso Riera Aguinagalde 31 Jul 18696 Dec 186981 Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl (3rd term)6 Dec 186927 Jan 187082 Felipe Jiménez27 Jan 187011 Apr 187083 Hilarión Antich Herrera11 Apr, 187028 Apr, 187084 Diego Bautista Barrios Antonio Guzmán Blanco28 Apr, 18706 May, 187085 Antonio Leocadio Guzmán (2nd term)6 May 187016 Sep 187286 Diego Bautista Barrios (2nd term)18 Sep 187217 Oct 187287 Diego Bautista Barrios (3rd term)18 Oct 187230 Jun 187388 Jacinto Gutiérrez Martínez (4th term)30 Jun 1873Dec 187489 Jesús María BernalJan 187513 Jul 187690 Canuto García13 Jul 187625 Sep 187691 Eduardo Calcaño25 Sep 18763 Mar 187792 Raimundo Andueza Palacio Francisco Linares Alcántara3 Mar 187724 Nov 187793 Marco Antonio Saluzzo Antonio Guzmán Blanco24 Nov 18773 Apr 187894 Sebastián Casañas9 Apr 87815 Jun 1878 95 Rafael Seijas (4th term)15 Jun 1878 5 Aug 1878 96 Trinidad Célis Ávila5 Aug 1878 1 Jan 187997 Jacinto Gutiérrez Martínez (5th term)1 Jan 18797 Jan 187998 Pedro Ezequiel Rojas7 Jan 187925 Feb 187999 Eduardo Calcaño (2nd term)25 Feb 187923 May 1879100 Ángel Félix Barberii26 May 187926 Nov 1879101 Pedro José Saavedra26 Nov 18791 Dec 1879102 Julián Viso (2nd term)1 Dec 1879 7 Jul 1880103 Pedro José Saavedra (2nd term) 7 Jul 188030 Apr 1881104 Rafael Seijas (5th term)30 Apr 188127 Apr 1884105 Vicente Amengual Joaquín Crespo27 Apr 188419 Dec 1884106 Benjamín Qüenza19 Dec 188419 Feb 1886107 Ezequiel María González19 Feb 188615 June 1886108 Julián Viso (3rd term)15 Jun 188614 Sept 1886109 Diego Bautista Urbaneja 14 Sep 18865 Sep 1888110 Nicanor Borges5 Sep 18886 Nov 1888111 Agustín Istúriz Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl6 Nov 188819 Jan 1889112 Nicanor Borges (2nd term)19 Jan 188922 May 1889113 Antonio Parejo22 May 188929 Oct 1889114 Pascual Casanova29 Oct 188920 Jan 1890115 Rafael Seijas (6th term)20 Jan 189019 Mar 1890116 Marco Antonio Saluzzo (2nd term) Raimundo Andueza Palacio19 Mar 189022 Aug 1891117 Feliciano Acevedo22 Aug 189119 Jan 1892118 Manuel Clemente Urbaneja19 Jan 18928 Oct 1892119 Pedro Ezequiel Rojas (2nd term) Joaquín Crespo8 Oct 189229 Mar 1895120 Lucio Pulido 30 Mar 189523 Nov 1895121 Pedro Ezequiel Rojas (3rd term)23 Nov 189519 Feb 1898122 Manuel Fombona Palacio19 Feb 189828 Feb 1898123 Juan Calcaño Mathieu Ignacio Andrade28 Feb 18986 Oct 1899124 Bernardino Mosquera6 Oct 189920 Oct 1899125 Manuel Clemente Urbaneja (2nd term)20 Oct 189923 Oct 1899126 Raimundo Andueza Palacio (2nd term) Cipriano Castro23 Oct 1899 30 July 1900127 Eduardo Blanco30 July 19008 Nov 1901128 Jacinto Regino Pachano8 Nov 190122 Apr 1902129 Manuel Fombona Palacio (2nd term)19021902130 Diego Bautista Ferrer10 May 19024 Jul 1902131 Rafael López Baralt4 Jul 190225 Apr 1903132 Alejandro Urbaneja25 Apr 19033 Nov 1903133 Gustavo J. Sanabria 3 Nov 190317 Jan 1905134 Alejandro Ybarra 17 Jan 19059 Apr 1906135 Luis Churión 10 Apr 190617 May 1906136 José de Jesús Paúl 17 May 190614 June 1907137 Luis Churión (2nd term) 14 June 19078 Aug 1907138 José de Jesús Paúl (2nd term) 8 Aug 190719 Dec 1908139 Francisco González Guinán Juan Vicente Gómez19 Dec 1908 13 Aug 1909140 Juan Pietri 13 Aug 190928 Apr 1910141 Ángel César Rivas 28 Apr 19103 Jun 1910142 Manuel Antonio Matos 3 Jun 191030 Apr 1912143 José Ladislao Andara 30 Apr 19129 Dec 1913144 Manuel Díaz Rodríguez 9 Dec 191322 Oct 1914145Ignacio Andrade2 Oct 1914 7 Sept 1917146Bernardino Mosquera (2nd term)19171919 147 Esteban Gil Borges2 Jan 1919 7 July 1921148 Pedro Itriago ChacínEleazar López Contreras7 July 1921 15 Feb 1936149 Esteban Gil Borges (2nd term) 17 Feb 19365 May 1941150Caracciolo Parra Pérez Isaías Medina Angarita5 May 194114 Jul 1945151 Gustavo Herrera Grau 14 Jul 194518 Oct 1945152 Carlos Morales Rómulo Betancourt21 Oct 19453 Nov 1947153 Gonzalo Barrios (interim) 3 Nov 1947 15 Feb 1948154 Andrés Eloy Blanco Rómulo Gallegos15 Feb 1948 24 Nov 1948155 Luis Emilio Gómez Ruiz Carlos Delgado Chalbaud25 Nov 194819 Sep 1948156 Germán Suárez Flamerich 19 Sep 1949 16 Feb 1950 157 Luis Emilio Gómez Ruiz (2nd term) Germán Suárez Flamerich 16 Feb 19506 Oct 1952158 Aureliano Otáñez Marcos Pérez Jiménez6 Oct 195216 Feb 1956159 José Loreto Arismendi 16 Feb 1956 10 Jan 1958160Carlos Felice Cardot 10 Jan 1958 23 Jan 1958161Óscar García Velutini Wolfgang Larrazabal23 Jan 195828 May 1958162René De Sola Edgar Sanabria28 May 195813 Feb 1959163 Ignacio Luis Arcaya Rómulo Betancourt13 Feb 195925 Oct 1960164 Marcos Falcón Briceño 25 Oct 196011 Mar 1964165 Ignacio Iribarren Borges Raúl Leoni11 Mar 196411 Mar 1969166 Arístides Calvani Rafael Caldera11 Mar 196912 Mar 1974167 Efraín Schacht Aristeguieta Carlos Andrés Pérez12 Mar 197423 Jan 1975168 Ramón Escovar Salom 23 Jan 197515 Jul 1977169 Simón Alberto Consalvi 15 July 1977 12 Mar 1979170 Luis Herrera Campins12 Mar 19792 Feb 1984 171 Isidro Morales Paúl Jaime Lusinchi2 Feb 198413 Mar 1985172 Simón Alberto Consalvi (2nd term) 13 Mar 198511 Jan 1988173 Germán Nava Carrillo 11 Jan 19882 Feb 1989174 Enrique Tejera París Carlos Andrés Pérez2 Feb 198927 Aug 1989175 Reinaldo Figueredo 27 Aug 198915 Apr 1991176 Armando Durán 15 Apr 199110 Mar 1992177 Humberto Calderón Berti 10 Mar 199212 June 1992178 Fernando Ochoa Antich Ramón José VelásquezCarlos Andrés Pérez12 Jun 19922 Feb 1994179 Miguel Ángel Burelli RivasRafael Caldera 2 Feb 19942 Feb 1999 180 José Vicente RangelHugo Chavez 2 Feb 1999 14 Feb 2001181 Luis Alfonso Dávila 15 Feb 2001 30 May 2002 José Rodríguez Iturbe20022002 181Luis Alfonso Dávila (2nd term)15 Feb 2002 30 May 2002 182 Roy Chaderton30 May 200213 Jul 2004183Jesús Pérez13 Jul 200420 Nov 2004 184Alí Rodríguez Araque20 Nov 20047 Aug 2006185Nicolás Maduro9 Aug 2006 16 Jan 2013186 Elías Jaua16 Jan 2013 5 Mar 2013 187Elías Jaua (2nd term) Nicolás Maduro5 Mar 2013 2 Sep 2014188Rafael Ramírez2 Sep 201425 Dec 2014189Delcy Rodríguez26 Dec 201421 June 2017190Samuel Moncada21 Jun 20172 Aug 2017191Jorge Arreaza2 Aug 201720 Aug 2021192Felix Plasencia20 Aug 202116 May 2022193Carlos Faría16 May 20226 Jan 2023194Yván Gil6 Jan 202313 July 2026195Félix PlasenciaDelcy Rodríguez14 July 2026Incumbent

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See also List of current foreign ministers List of presidents of Venezuela Foreign policy of Venezuela Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Venezuela)

References

Sources Rulers.org – Foreign ministers S–Z