Editing Apure (section)

==Politics and government==

It is an autonomous and politically equal state, organizing its administration and public powers through the Constitution of the State of Apure. The current Constitution was adopted on 15 October 2002 and partially reformed in 2005. Amendments or Reforms to the Constitution may be proposed by the Legislature, the [[List of governors of Apure|governor]], the majority of the Municipal Councils of the State or 10% of the voters. For an Amendment or Reform created by the Legislative Branch to be approved, it needs to receive an absolute majority of the votes of the parliamentarians, nor is it necessary to submit the reform to a referendum.

===Executive Power===
[[File:Fachada Principal Palacio de Gobierno del Estado Apure Venezuela.JPG|thumb|Apure Government Palace, seat of the state governor]]
It is composed of the Governor of Apure State and a group of State Secretaries. The Governor is elected by the people by direct and secret vote for a period of four years and with the possibility of immediate re-election for equal periods, being in charge of the state administration. The formet governor is [[Ramón Carrizales|Ramon Carrizales]] of the [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]] party for the 2012–2016 term.

Since 1989 governors are directly elected by the citizens of the state, the current governor is Ramon Carrizales who has been in office since February 2011, appointed by the State Legislative Council according to the constitution of that entity to complete the remaining government period, after Governor-elect Jesus Aguilarte Gamez presented his resignation alleging "health problems", Aguilarte's administration was being questioned even by sectors of his own party had been serving as governor since 2004 and had been re-elected in 2008.
{{See also|List of Venezuela state legislatures|List of Venezuela state constitutions|List of Venezuela governors}}

Like the other [[States of Venezuela|23 federal entities of Venezuela]], the State maintains its own police force, which is supported and complemented by the [[Venezuelan police|National Police]] and the [[Venezuelan National Guard]].

===Legislative power===
The state legislature is the responsibility of the Legislative Council of Apure State, a [[Unicameralism|unicameral]] parliament, elected by the people by direct and secret vote every four years, with the possibility of re-election for two consecutive periods, under a system of proportional representation of the population of the state and its municipalities.
[[File:Hato Santa Rosa 003.jpg|thumb|Santa Rosa de Capanaparo, Apure State]]