Cabinet of Hugo Chávez

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The Cabinet of Hugo Chávez is the circle high level ministerial officials and appointees who coordinate the day to day management of the Venezuelan federal government in conjunction with the President of Venezuela. According to the 1999 Venezuelan Constitution, the President can alter his cabinet as he sees fit, and may establish or eliminate federal ministries by presidential decree.

Under Hugo Chávez, cabinet reshuffles have been frequent; thus authoritative lists are difficult to maintain. Several important members of Chávez's inner government circle are not members of the cabinet, nor even members of the executive branch; instead, they are members of the newly created citizen's branch (poder ciudadano).

[edit] List of current cabinet officials under Hugo Chávez

Cabinet of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez Frias

OFFICE	NAME
President	Hugo Chávez
Vice President	Ramón Carrizales
Agriculture & Lands	Elías Jaua
Basic Industry & Mining	Rodolfo Sanz
Commerce	Eduardo Saman
Communes	Erika Farias
Communications & Information	Blanca Eekout
Culture	Héctor Soto
Defense	Ramón Carrizalez
Education	Héctor Navarro
Economy & Finance	Alí Rodríguez Araque
Energy & Petroleum	Rafael Ramírez
Environment and Natural Resources	Yubirí Ortega
Foreign Affairs	Nicolás Maduro
Health	Jesús Mantilla
Higher Education	Luis Acuña
Indigenous Peoples	Nicia Maldonado
Infrastructure & Housing	Diosdado Cabello
Interior & Justice	Tarek El Aissami
Labor & Social Security	Maria Cristina Iglesias
Nutrition	Félix Osorio
Planning and Development	Jorge Giordani
Science & Technology	Jesse Chacón
Social Development	Erika Farías
Sports	Victoria Mata
Telecommunications	Socorro Hernández
Tourism	Pedro Morejon
Women's Affairs	Maria León
Venezuelan Secretariat of the Presidency	Luis Reyes Reyes
Central Bank of Venezuela President	Jose Manuel Ferrer Nava
Prosecutor General	Luisa Ortega Díaz
Comptroller General	Clodosbaldo Russian

[edit] See also

v • d • e Hugo Chávez Biography Early life · Military career · Presidency Political events Coup attempt of 1992 · Coup attempt of 2002 · Recall referendum of 2004 · Putative coup attempt of 2004 · Constitutional referendum of 2007 · Constitutional referendum of 2009 Elections Presidential election of 1998 · Presidential election of 2000 · Presidential election of 2006 Governance Bank of the South · Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas · Petrocaribe · Bolivarian Circles · Bolivarian Revolution · Bolivarianism · Cabinet · Chavismo & Boliburguesía  · Constitution · Foreign policy Media National System of Public Media of Venezuela · teleSUR Reactions Media representation · ¿¡Revolución!? · The Revolution Will Not Be Televised · Súmate

[edit] References

Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the United States of America: Government — Cabinet Ministries — Directory of cabinet structure and current cabinet members. (Spanish)
El Universal — Incoming ministers sworn in List of ministers designated January 8, 2007