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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.^[1]
• 15 February - Venezuela bans CNN from the country after allegations of spreading propaganda.^[2]

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.^[3]
• 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).^[4]
• 6 January – Octavio Lepage, politician (b. 1923).^[5]
• 26 June – Isaías Pimentel, tennis player (b. 1933)