Editing Government of Venezuela (section)

==Legislative branch==
[[National Assembly of Venezuela|The National Assembly]] has 277 seats. Members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms. Each member may be re-elected for a maximum of ten additional terms. Three Assembly seats are by law reserved for the indigenous peoples of Venezuela. National Assembly elections were last held on 6 December 2015. When the National Assembly is not in session, its delegated committee acts on matters relating to the executive and in oversight functions. At various times throughout its history, Venezuela has had unicameral and bicameral legislative bodies.
[[File:LegislativoCentro.jpg|thumb|National Assembly of Venezuela]]
# Venezuelan Congress, first one convened in 1811, replaced by the legislature of Gran Colombia
# Assembly organized by Simon Bolivar, convened once to ratify a decision
# Legislature of Gran Colombia
# Unicameral Congress of Venezuela first convened under the 1830 constitution
# Transitional Congress, convened mainly for the purpose of writing a new constitution
# Bicameral Congress, consisting of a Senate (the formerly unicameral Congress) and the Chamber of Deputies
# Unicameral National Assembly of 1999
# Transitional legislative committee
# Unicameral National Assembly, the current legislative body