Cabinet of Ministers of Venezuela
The Cabinet of Ministers of Venezuela (es: Gabinete de Ministros de Venezuela ) is one of the executive bodies in the presidential system of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , alongside the Council of Ministers (es: Consejo de Ministros ) . The ministries have the task of political processes to, strategies, programs and projects and constitutional laws of the Republic according to evaluate , to say goodbye , and to monitor its execution.
Cabinet of Ministers 2019 under President Maduro
The 2019 Cabinet of Ministers was headed by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez . As early as 2016, a third of the seats under President Maduro were occupied by active or former military personnel; in 2017, the proportion of ministries who were subordinate to people who came from military positions was 38 percent.
List of occupation of ministries in Venezuela as of April 2019
- President of Venezuela ( Presidencia de la República ), Nicolás Maduro , since April 19, 2013
- Vice-President of Venezuela ( Vicepresidencia de la República ), Delcy Rodríguez , since June 14, 2018
- Minister of the Presidential Office ( Secretaría del Despacho de la Presidencia ), Jorge Márquez , since October 26, 2017
- Minister of Interior and Justice of Venezuela ( Ministerio del Interior y Justicia ), Néstor Reverol , since August 3, 2016
- Foreign Minister of Venezuela ( Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores ), Jorge Arreaza , since August 2, 2017
- Minister for Planning ( Ministerio de Planificación ), Ricardo Menéndez , since June 17, 2014
- Minister for Economy and Finance ( Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas ), Simón Zerpa , since October 27, 2017
- Minister of Defense ( Ministerio de Defensa ), Vladimir Padrino López , since October 24, 2014
- Minister for Raw Materials ( Ministerio para Industrias Básicas ), Juán Arias , since April 11, 2016
- Minister for Industry and National Production ( Ministerio de Industrias y Producción Nacional ), Tareck El Aissami , since June 14, 2018
- Minister for Foreign Trade and International Investment ( Comercio Exterior e Inversión Internacional ), Yomana Koteich , since June 14, 2018
- Minister for Tourism ( Ministerio de Turismo ), Stella Lugo , since June 14, 2018
- Minister for Agricultural Production and Land, ( Ministerio de Producción Agrícola y Tierras ), Wilmar Castro Soteldo , since June 20, 2017
- Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture ( Ministerio de Pesca y Acuicultura ), Dante Rivas , since 14 June 2018
- Minister for Urban Agriculture ( Ministerio de Agricultura Urbana ), Mayerlin Arias , since June 14, 2018
- Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology ( Ministerio de Educación Universitaria, Ciencia y Tecnología ), Hugbel Roa , since January 4th 2017
- Minister for Education ( Ministerio de Educación ), Elías Jaua , since January 4th 2017
- Minister for Health ( Ministerio de Salud ), Luis López, since January 4th 2017
- Minister for Social Progress and Labor ( Ministerio de Proceso Social del Trabajo ), Eduardo Piñate , since 14 June 2018
- Minister for Transport ( Ministerio de Transporte ), Hipolito Abreu , since June 14, 2018
- Minister for Public Works ( Ministerio de Obras Publicas ), Marleny Contreras , since June 14, 2018
- Minister for Housing and Habitat ( Ministerio de Vivienda y Hábitat ), Manuel Quevedo , since August 18, 2015
- Minister for Eco- Socialism ( Ministerio de Ecosocialismo ), Heryck Rangel , since June 14, 2018
- Minister for Water Management ( Ministerio de Atención de las Aguas ), Evelyn Vásquez , 14 June 2018
- Minister for Ecological Mining Development ( Ministerio de Desarrollo Minero Ecológico ), Víctor Cano , since 2 August 2017
- Minister for Oil and Gas ( Ministerio de Petróleo ), Manuel Quevedo , since November 26, 2017
- Minister for Communication and Information ( Ministerio de Comunicación e Información ), Luis Marcano , since January 8, 2016
- Minister for Community and Social Protection ( Ministerio de Comunas y Protección Social ), Aristóbulo Istúriz , since 4 January 2018
- Minister for Food ( Ministerio de Alimentación ), Luis Alberto Medina , since January 8, 2016
- Minister for Culture ( Ministerio de Cultura ), Ernesto Villegas , since November 4th 2017
- Minister for Indigenous Peoples ( Ministerio de los Pueblos Indígenas ), Yamilet Calderón , since June 15, 2017
- Minister for Women and Gender Equality ( Ministerio de la Mujer y la Igualdad de Género ), Caryl Bertho , since 14 June 2018
- Minister for Electric Energy ( Ministerio de Energía Eléctrica ), Igor Gavidia , since April 1, 2019
- Minister for Youth and Sport ( Ministerio de la Juventud y Deportes ), Pedro Infante, since April 28, 2015
- Minister for Prison Services ( Ministerio de Servicios Penitenciarios ), Iris Varela , since 4 January 2018
Council of Ministers
- Public Prosecutor General of the Republic ( Procurador General de la República ), Reinaldo Muñoz Pedroza , since December 22, 2014
- Permanent Secretary of the Council of Ministers ( Secretario Permanente del Consejo de Ministros ), Juán Carlos Alemán , since March 3, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gaceta Oficial Number 6.147, November 17, 2014 ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Maduro's last weapon , NZZ, May 26, 2016
- ↑ Rocío San Miguel: “El todo o nada debe desaparecer de la mesa política del país”; por Hugo Prieto , prodavinci, July 9, 2017
- ↑ Menéndez: “The 92% de los venezolanos rechazan cualquier acción de injerencia sobre nuestro país” mppp.gob.ve of February 24, 2019
- ↑ Designado Simón Zerpa nuevo ministro de Economía y Finanzas ( Memento of the original from May 1, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Gobierno Bolivariano de Venezuela, October 27, 2017
Web links
- Official website of the government of Venezuela (link dead)
- Harald Neuber: New cabinet in Venezuela, debate on economic policy , amerika21.de from June 16, 2018