However, in its current (1999) incarnation, the office is more akin to a prime minister in systems as those of France and South Korea.

Since June 14, 2018, Delcy Rodríguez of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela has been vice president, serving with President Nicolás Maduro.

The vice president can also be removed with more than two-thirds of the votes in National Assembly.

If the National Assembly removes three vice presidents from office during a six-year presidential term, the president is authorized to dissolve the Parliament.

Former vice presidents Andrés Navarte, Carlos Soublette, Diosdado Cabello (in April 2002) and Nicolás Maduro (in 2012–2013) were all once acting presidents of Venezuela.