Sucre Municipality, Miranda
Sucre Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities that makes up the Venezuelan state of Miranda and one of the municipalities that make up the Metropolitan District of Caracas. According to a 2016 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 691,317. The city of Petare is the municipal seat of the Sucre Municipality.
Name
The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named "Sucre Municipality" in honour of Venezuelan independence hero Antonio José de Sucre.Demographics
The Sucre Municipality, according to a 2016 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 691,317. This amounts to 2.2% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is about 11,000 people per square mile.Government
Mayors
| Period | Mayor | % of votes | Political party | Notes | - |
| 1989-1993 | Enrique Mendoza | COPEI | First Mayor of municipality | - | |
| 1993-1995 | Enrique Mendoza | COPEI | - | ||
| 1995-1998 | Raoul Bermúdez | COPEI | - | ||
| 1998-2000 | Raoul Bermúdez | COPEI | - | ||
| 2000-2004 | José Vicente Rangel Ávalos | 29,98 | MVR | 2000 Venezuelan general election | - |
| 2004-2008 | José Vicente Rangel Ávalos | 50,91 | MVR/PSUV | Re elected | - |
| 2008-2013 | Carlos Ocariz | 55,60 | Primero Justicia | ||
| 2013-2017 | Carlos Ocariz | 52,79 | Primero Justicia | Re elected | - |
| 2017 | José Luis López | In charge of the office after Ocariz's resignation | - | ||
| 2017-2021 | José Vicente Rangel Ávalos | 59,85 | PSUV | - |