Cabinet of Venezuela

The Cabinet of Ministers of Venezuela (Spanish: Gabinete de Ministros de Venezuela is one of the bodies that make up the Venezuelan executive in that country's presidential system, alongside the Council of Ministers (Spanish: Consejo de Ministros).^[1] The Cabinet is headed by the President of Venezuela, presently Nicolás Maduro, and his corresponding Vice President. The purpose of the ministries is to create, adopt, follow and evaluate policies, strategies, programs and projects in accordance with the constitution and the laws of the Republic.^[2]

List of current ministries

Office	Name	Assumed office	Party
President Presidencia de la República	Nicolás Maduro	19 April 2013		United Socialist Party
Vice President Vicepresidencia de la República	Aristóbulo Istúriz	8 January 2016		United Socialist Party
Chief of Staff of the Presidency of the Republic Secretaría del Despacho de la Presidencia	Gen. Jesús Salazar (Army)	8 September 2015[3]		United Socialist Party
Interior and Justice Ministerio del Interior y Justicia	Lt. Gen. Gustavo González López (National Guard)	9 March 2015[4]		United Socialist Party
Foreign Affairs Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores	Delcy Rodríguez	26 December 2014		United Socialist Party
Planning Ministerio de Planificación	Ricardo Prieto	17 June 2014		United Socialist Party
Economic Affairs Ministerio de Economia Productiva	Miguel Pérez Abad	15 February 2016		United Socialist Party
Finance Ministerio de Finanzas	Rudolfo Medina	8 January 2016		United Socialist Party
Defense Ministerio de Defensa	Gen. Vladimir Padrino López (Army)	24 October 2014		United Socialist Party
Commerce Ministerio de Comercio	Miguel Pérez Abad	8 January 2016		United Socialist Party
Foreign Trade and Investment Affairs Comercio Exterior e Inversión Internacional	Jesus Farías	8 January 2016		United Socialist Party
Tourism Ministerio de Turismo	Marleny Contreras	7 April 2015[5]		United Socialist Party
Agriculture and Lands Ministerio de Producción Agrícola y Tierras	Wilmar Castro Soteldo	8 January 2016		United Socialist Party
Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministerio de Pesca y Acuicultura	Ángel Belisario	8 January 2016		United Socialist Party
Urban Areas Agriculture Ministerio de Agricultura Urbana	Lorena Freitez	27 January 2016		United Socialist Party
Higher Education, Science and Technology Ministerio de Educación Universitaria, Ciencia y Tecnología	Jorge Arreaza	8 January 2016		United Socialist Party
Education Ministerio de Educación	Rodulfo Pérez	4 September 2014		United Socialist Party
Health Ministerio de Salud	Luisana Melo	8 January 2016		United Socialist Party
Labor and Social Security Ministerio de Proceso Social del Trabajo	Jesús Martínez	2 September 2014[6]		United Socialist Party
Transportation Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Publicas	Luis Sauce	8 January 2016		United Socialist Party
Housing Affairs Ministerio de Vivienda y Hábitat	Manuel Quevedo	18 August 2015[7]		United Socialist Party
Ecosocialism and Water Ministerio de Ecosocialismo y Aguas	Guillermo Barreto	25 March 2015		United Socialist Party
Oil and Mining Affairs Ministerio de Petróleo y Minería	Eulogio del Pino	18 August 2015		United Socialist Party
Communication and Information Ministerio de Comunicación e Información	Luis Marcano	8 January 2016		United Socialist Party
Communes and Social Protection Ministerio de Comunas y Protección Social	Rosangela Orozco	26 May 2015[8]		United Socialist Party
Nutrition Ministerio de Alimentación	Rodolfo Marco	8 January 2016		United Socialist Party
Culture Ministerio de Cultura	Reinaldo Iturriza	2 September 2014		United Socialist Party
Indigenous Peoples Ministerio de los Pueblos Indígenas	Clara Vidal	2 September 2014		United Socialist Party
Women and Gender Affairs Ministerio de la Mujer y la Igualdad de Género	Gladys Requena	28 April 2015[9]		United Socialist Party
Electricity Ministerio de Energía Eléctrica	Maj. Gen. Luis Motta (Army)	19 August 2015[10]		United Socialist Party
Youth and Sports Ministerio de la Juventud y Deportes	Pedro Infante	28 April 2015[11]		United Socialist Party
Prisons and Penitenciary Services Ministerio de Servicios Penitenciarios	María Iris Varela	26 July 2011		United Socialist Party
Capital District and Metro Caracas Development Ministerio para Transformación de la Gran Caracas	Ernesto Villegas	16 September 2014		United Socialist Party
Council of Ministers
Attorney General Procurador General de la República	Reinaldo Muñoz Pedroza (acting)	22 December 2014[12]		United Socialist Party
Permanent Secretary of the Council of Ministers Secretario Permanente del Consejo de Ministros	Gustavo Vizcaíno Gil	29 December 2014[13]		United Socialist Party

References

1. "Constitución de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela con la Enmienda N° 1" (PDF). Supreme Tribunal of Justice (in Spanish). Caracas. 15 February 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
2. "Decreto N° 1424 con Rango, Valor y Fuerza de Ley Orgánica de la Administración Pública" (PDF). Official Gazette of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (in Spanish). Caracas. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
3. "Jesús Salazar asume el Despacho de la Presidencia". Noticias24 (in Spanish). 8 September 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
4. "Oficializan designación de González López como ministro de Interior". El Universal (in Spanish). Caracas. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
5. "Designan a Marleny Contreras como nueva ministra de Turismo". Globovisión (in Spanish). 7 April 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
6. "Quién es Jesús Martínez, el nuevo ministro del Trabajo". El Mundo (in Spanish). 1 September 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
7. "Designado Manuel Quevedo nuevo ministro de Hábitat y Vivienda". Agencia Venezolana de Noticias (in Spanish). 18 August 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
8. "Rosangela Orozco es la nueva Ministra de Comunas y Movimientos Sociales". El Universal (in Spanish). Caracas. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
9. "Gladys Requena, la nueva ministra de la Mujer". Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). 28 April 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
10. "Luis Motta Domínguez designado nuevo ministro de Energía Eléctrica". El Universal (in Spanish). Caracas. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
11. "Three New Ministers Designated ahead of Venezuelan Parliamentary Elections". Venezuelanalysis. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
12. "Gaceta Oficial de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela N° 40.567" (PDF). Supreme Tribunal of Justice. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
13. "Gabinete del Ciudadano Presidente Nicolás Maduro Moros" (PDF). Office of the Attorney General. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.

External links

• Gobierno en línea - Official website of the Venezuelan government.