Cabinet of Venezuela

Cabinet of Juan Guaidó
Center of government
Cabinet of Juan Guaidó; Center of government
; Interim Cabinet of Venezuela
Date formed	23 January 2019
Date dissolved	5 January 2023
People and organisations
Interim President	Juan Guaidó
Interim President's history	List President of the National Assembly (2019–23); Majority Leader of the National Assembly (2018–19); National Assembly Deputy (2016–21);
Member parties	MUD
Status in legislature	Majority (2019–2021) 112 / 167 (67%)
Opposition party	GPPSB
Opposition leader	Nicolás Maduro
History
Legislature term	IV National Assembly

Last updated October 21, 2024

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, 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]

Structure

The president of the republic, the executive vice president and the ministers, meeting jointly, make up the Council of Ministers.

Vice President of the Republic

It is a constitutional body of the National Executive, appointed by the president of the republic.

Ministers

The ministers are direct bodies of the president of the republic, and meeting jointly with the president and the executive vice president, they make up the Council of Ministers.

Ministers have the right to speak before the National Assembly and the committees thereof. They have the right to take part in debates in the National Assembly, without the right to vote.

List of ministers

The structure as of 2020:

President of the Council of Ministers of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
First Vice-President of the Council of Ministers of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
- Sector Vice-president for the Economy
- Sector Vice President for Planning
- Sector Vice-President for Social and Territorial Socialism
- Sector Vice President for Political Sovereignty, Security and Peace
- Sector Vice President for Communication and Culture
- Sector Vice President for Public Works and Services
Permanent Secretary of the Council of Ministers of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Attorney General of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

There are currently 33 ministries and one state ministry. Each of these entities is headed by a minister.

Cabinet of Venezuela
Office	Creation date, name change or merger	Ref
Office of the Presidency and Monitoring of Government Management	2012
Ministry of Internal Relations, Justice and Peace	2013
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	1810
Ministry of Economy and Finance	2017
Ministry of Defense	1810
Ministry of Tourism and Foreign Trade	2019
Ministry of Agriculture and Land	2016
Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture	2016
Ministry of Urban Agriculture	2016
Ministry of Education	1881
Ministry of Health	1936
Ministry of the Social Work Process	2014
Ministry of Housing and Habitat	2005
Ministry of Ecosocialism and Water	2015
Ministry of Petroleum	2017
Ministry of Planning	2013
Ministry of University Education	2014
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation	2019
Ministry of Communication and Information	2002
Ministry of Communes and Social Protection	2009
Ministry of Food	2004
Ministry of Culture	2005
Ministry of Youth and Sports	2014
Ministry of Indigenous Peoples	2007
Ministry of Women and Gender Equality	2009
Ministry of the Prison Service	2011
Ministry of Public Works	2017
Ministry of Land Transportation	2017
Ministry of Electric Power	2009
Ministry of Ecological Mining Development	2016
Ministry of Water Attention	2018
Ministry of Industries and National Production	2018
Ministry of Commerce	2018

State Ministries:

Office	Creation date, name change or merger	Ref
Ministry of State for the New Peace Frontier	2015

Office of the Attorney General

The Office of the Attorney General of the Republic advises, defends and represents in and out of court the property interests of the republic, and must be consulted for purposes of approval of contracts in the national public interest.

The Office of the Attorney General of the Republic is responsible to and under the overall direction of the attorney general. The attorney general attends and has the right to speak at meetings of the Cabinet.

Council of State

The Council of State is the highest consultative organ of the Government and the National Public Administration. It is charged with making policy recommendations in the national interest with regard to matters recognized by the president as being of particular importance and requiring the council's opinion.

The Council of State is led by the vice president as chairperson and has the following composition:

5 members appointed by the president
1 member appointed by the Directorial Board of the National Assembly
1 member appointed by the chief justice of the Supreme Tribunal
1 state governor selected by all the state and territorial governors to represent states' matters

Federal Council of Government

It is the body in charge of coordinating and planning policies and transferring competencies from the National Power to the States and Municipalities.

As a plenary section the FCG is made up of:

Vice President of the Republic (President).
Ministers of the Cabinet
Governors of each federal entity (including governors of Amazonas, Anzoátegui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Falcón, Guárico, Lara, Mérida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Táchira, Trujillo, Vargas, Yaracuy and Zulia)
One Mayor from the states representing municipal governments
Spokespersons of the People's Power elected by regions

It also has a Permanent Secretariat, with the Executive Vice-Presidency of the Republic, two ministers, three governors, and three mayors forming its membership.

Other executive bodies

Capital District Government
Government of the Miranda Island Territory
Central Bank of Venezuela

Cabinet of Nicolás Maduro

Name	Spanish name	Creation date, name change or merger	Holder	In office since
Office of the Presidency and Monitoring of Government Management	Ministerio del Poder Popular del Despacho de la Presidencia y Seguimiento de la Gestión de Gobierno	2012	Jorge Elieser Márquez	2017
			Erika Farías	2017
			Carlos Alberto Osorio Zambrano	2017
			Carmen Meléndez	2016 - 2017
			Jesús Rafael Salazar Velásquez	2016
			Carmen Meléndez	2015
			Carlos Alberto Osorio Zambrano	2014 - 2015
			Hugo Cabezas	2014
			Wilmer Barrientos	2013 - 2014
			Carmen Meléndez	2013
Ministry of Internal Relations, Justice and Peace	Ministerio del Poder Popular para Relaciones Interiores, Justicia y Paz	2013	Néstor Reverol	2016
			Gustavo González López	2015 - 2016
			Carmen Meléndez	2014 - 2015
			Miguel Rodríguez Torres	2013 - 2014
			Néstor Reverol	2013
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Ministerio del Poder Popular para Relaciones Exteriores	1810	Jorge Arreaza	2017
			Samuel Moncada Acosta	2017
			Delcy Rodríguez Gómez	2014 - 2017
			Rafael Ramírez Carreño	2014
			Elías Jaua Milano	2013 - 2014
Ministry of Economy, Finance and Public Banking	Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Economía y Finanzas	2017	Simón Zerpa	2017^[3]
			Ramón Augusto Lobo Moreno	2017
			Rodolfo Medina del Río	2016 - 2017
			Rodolfo Clemente Marco Torres	2014 - 2016
			Nelson Merentes	2013 - 2014
Ministry of Defense	Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Defensa	1810	Vladimir Padrino López	2014^[4]
			Carmen Meléndez	2013 - 2014
			Diego Molero	2013
Ministry of Tourism and Foreign Trade	Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Turismo y Comercio Exterior	2019	Félix Plasencia	2019^[5]
			Stella Lugo	2018 - 2019
			Marleny Contreras	2015 - 2018
			Andrés Izarra	2013 - 2015
Ministry of Agriculture and Land	Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Agricultura Productiva y las Tierras	2016	Wilmar Castro Soteldo	2016^[6]
			José Luis Berroterán	2014 - 2015
			Iván Gil	2013 - 2014 2015 - 2016
			Juan Carlos Loyo	2013
Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture	Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Pesca y Acuicultura	2016	Dante Rivas	2018^[7]
Ministry of Urban Agriculture	Ministerio del Poder Popular de Agricultura Urbana	2016	Gabriela Peña	2019^[8]
Ministry of Education	Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Educación	1881	Aristóbulo Istúriz	2018^[9]
			Elías Jaua	2017 - 2018
			Rodulfo Pérez Hernández	2015 - 2017
			Héctor Rodríguez Castro	2013 - 2015
Ministry of Health	Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Salud	1936	Carlos Alvarado González	2018 ^[10]
			Luis López Chejade	2017 - 2018
			Antonieta Caporale Zamora	2017
			Luisana Melo Solórzano	2016
			Henry Ventura	2015
			Nancy Pérez Sierra	2014
			Francisco Alejandro Armada Pérez	2014
			Isabel Iturria	2013 - 2014
Ministry of the Social Work Process	Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Proceso Social del Trabajo	2014	Eduardo Piñate	2018 ^[11]
			Néstor Ovalles	2017 - 2018
			Francisco Torrealba	2016 - 2017
			Oswaldo Vera	2016
			Jesús Martinez	2014 - 2016
			María Cristina Iglesias	2013 - 2014
Ministry of Housing and Habitat	Ministerio del Poder Popular para Hábitat y Vivienda	2005	Ildemaro Moisés Villarroel Arismendi	2017^[12]
			Manuel Quevedo	2015 - 2017
			Ricardo Molina	2013 - 2015
Ministry of Ecosocialism and Water	Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Ecosocialismo	2015	Oswaldo Barbera	2019^[13]
			Heryck Rangel	2018 - 2019
			Ramón Celestino Velázquez	2017 - 2018
			Ernesto Paiva	2016 - 2017
			Guillermo Rafael Barreto Esnal	2015 - 2016
			Miguel Leonardo Rodríguez	2013 - 2014
			Dante Rivas	2013
Ministry of Petroleum	Ministerio del Poder Popular de Petróleo	2017	Tareck El Aissami	2020^[14]
			Manuel Quevedo	2017^[15]
			Eulogio del Pino	2017
			Nelson Martínez	2017
			Eulogio del Pino	2016 - 2017
Ministry of Planning	Ministerio del Poder Popular de Planificación	2013	Ricardo José Menéndez Prieto	2014^[16]
Ministry of Planning	Ministerio del Poder Popular de Planificación	2013	Jorge Giordani	2011 - 2014
Ministry of University Education	Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Educación Universitaria	2014	César Gabriel Trómpiz	2019^[7]
			Hugbel Roa	2017 - 2019
			Jheyson Guzmán	2014
			Ricardo Menéndez	2014
			Pedro Calzadilla	2013 - 2014
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation	Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Ciencia y Tecnología	2019	Gabriela Jiménez Ramírez	2019^[7]
			Freddy Brito	2019
			Hugbel Roa	2017 - 2019
			Jorge Arreaza	2016 - 2017
			Manuel Fernández	2013 - 2016
			Jorge Arreaza	2012 - 2013
Ministry of Communication and Information	Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Comunicación e Información	2002	Jorge Rodríguez Gómez	2017
			Ernesto Villegas	2016 - 2017
			Luis José Marcano Salazar	2016
			Desiree Santos Amaral	2015 - 2016
			Jacqueline Faría	2014 - 2015
			Delcy Eloina Rodríguez Gómez	2013 - 2014
Ministry of Communes and Social Protection	Ministerio del Poder Popular para las Comunas y los Movimientos Sociales	2009	Blanca Eekhout	2018^[7]
			Aristóbulo Istúriz	2018 - 2018
			Kira Andrade	2017 - 2018
			Aristobulo Isturiz	2017
			Rosangela Orozco	2015
			Elías Jaua Milano	2014 - 2015
			Reinaldo Iturriza	2013 - 2014
Ministry of Food	Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Alimentación	2004	Carlos Leal Tellería	2019
			Luis Alberto Medina Ramírez	2017 - 2019
			Rodolfo Clemente Marco Torres	2016 - 2017
			Carlos Alberto Osorio Zambrano	2015
			Iván José Bello	2014 - 2015
			Hebert García	2014
			Félix Osorio	2013 - 2014
Ministry of Culture	Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Cultura	2005	Ernesto Villegas	2017^[17]
			Ana Alejandrina Reyes	2017
			Adán Chávez	2017
			Freddy Ñáñez	2016 - 2017
			Reinaldo Iturriza	2014 - 2016
			Fidel Barbarito	2013 - 2014
Ministry of Youth and Sports	Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Juventud y el Deporte	2014	Pedro Infante	2017
			Mervin Maldonado	2016 - 2017
			Pedro Infante	2015 - 2016
			Antonio Álvarez	2014 - 2015
Ministry of Indigenous Peoples	Ministerio del Poder Popular para los Pueblos Indígenas	2007	Aloha Núñez	2018^[18]
			Yamilet Mirabal Calderón	2017 - 2018
			Aloha Núñez	2016 - 2017
			Clara Vidal	2015 - 2016
			Aloha Núñez	2013 - 2015
Ministry of Women and Gender Equality	Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Mujer y la Igualdad de Género	2009	Asia Villegas	2019^[19]
			Caryl Bertho	2018 - 2019
			Blanca Eekhout	2016 - 2018
			Gladys Requena	2015 - 2016
			Andreína Tarazón	2013 - 2015
Ministry of the Prison Service	Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Servicio Penitenciario	2011	Iris Varela	2018
			Mirelys Contreras	2017 - 2018
			Iris Varela	2013 - 2017
Ministry of Public Works	Ministerio del Poder Popular para Obras Públicas	2017	Raúl Alfonso Paredes	2018^[20]
			Marleny Contreras	2018 - 2019
			César Alberto Salazar Coll	2017 - 2018
Ministry of Transportation	Ministerio del Poder Popular para Transporte	2017	Hipólito Abreu	2018^[7]
			Carlos Osorio Zambrano	2017 - 2018
			Juan de Jesús García Toussaintt	2017
			Ricardo Molina	2016 - 2017
			Luis Sauce	2015 - 2016
			Haiman El Troudi	2014 - 2015
Ministry of Electric Power	Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Energía Eléctrica	2009	Freddy Brito Maestre	2019^[7]
			Igor Gavidia León	2019
			Luis Motta Domínguez	2015 - 2019
			Jesse Chacón	2013 - 2015
Ministry of Ecological Mining Development	Ministerio del Poder Popular de Desarrollo Minero Ecológico	2016	Gilberto Pinto Blanco	2019
Ministry of Water Attention	Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Atención de las Aguas	2018	Evelyn Vásquez	2018
Ministry of Industries and National Production	Ministerio del Poder Popular para Industrias y Producción Nacional	2018	Tareck El Aissami	2018^[7]
Ministry of Commerce	Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Comercio Nacional	2018	Eneida Laya Lugo	2019^[21]
			William Contreras	2018 - 2019
			Carlos Faría	2016 - 2017
			Miguel Pérez Abad	2016 - 2016
			José David Cabello	2015 - 2016
			Isabel Delgado	2014 - 2015
			Dante Rivas	2014
			José Khan	2014
			Alejandro Fleming	2013 - 2014

State Ministries:

Ministry of State for the New Peace Frontier	Ministerio del Estado para la Nueva Frontera de Paz	Gerardo Izquierdo Torres	2015^[22]

Cabinet of Juan Guaidó


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office
Interim President of the Republic	Juan Guaidó	23 January 2019	5 January 2023	Popular Will
General Coordinator of the Center of Government	Leopoldo López	28 August 2019	5 January 2023	Popular Will
Presidential Commissioner for Foreign Affairs	Julio Borges	28 August 2019	5 December 2021	PJ
Presidential Commissioner for Human Rights and Victim Care	Humberto Prado	28 August 2019	5 January 2023	Independent
Presidential Commissioner for Asset Recovery	Javier Troconis	28 August 2019	5 January 2023	Independent
Presidential Commissioner for Economic Development	Alejandro Plaz	28 August 2019	5 January 2023	Independent
Presidential Commissioner for the United Nations	Miguel Pizarro	22 September 2019	5 January 2023	PJ
President of the Commission for the Recovery of Telesur	Leopoldo Castillo	14 January 2020	5 January 2023	Independent
Special Commissioner for Security and Intelligence	Iván Simonovis	10 July 2019	17 May 2021	Independent
Special Commissioner for the Fight Against Corruption	Carlos Paparoni	14 January 2020	5 January 2023	PJ
Special Prosecutor	José Ignacio Hernández Gonzales	27 February 2019	18 June 2020	Independent
Special Prosecutor	Enrique Sánchez Falcón	23 June 2020	5 January 2023	Independent
Ambassador of Venezuela to the Organization of American States	Gustavo Tarre	22 January 2020	5 January 2023	Copei
Director of Citizen Services of the National Assembly	Luis Somaza	2019	5 January 2023	Popular Will
Ad hoc President of Citgo Petroleum Corp	Luisa Palacios	February 2019	7 January 2021	Independent
Special Comptroller of the Republic	Juan Pablo Soteldo	12 February 2020	5 January 2023	Independent
Ad hoc President of the Central Bank of Venezuela	Ricardo Villasmil Bond	February 2019	August 2020	Independent
Ad hoc President of the Central Bank of Venezuela	Manuel Rodríguez Armesto	August 2020	5 January 2023	Independent

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Office of the President

Rafael Vargas Medina

Carlos Eduardo Martínez Mendoza

Adán Chávez

Rodrigo Chaves

Manuel Barroso

Luis Torcatt

Haiman el Troudi

Delcy Rodríguez

Adán Chávez

Hugo Cabezas

Érika Farías

Jesse Chacón

Héctor Rodríguez

Reyes Reyes

Isis Ochoa

María Godoy

Francisco Ameliach

Érika Farías

Carmen Meléndez

Social Participation and Protection

Jorge García Carneiro

David Velásquez

Érika Farías

Communes and Social Protection

Érika Farías

Isis Ochoa

People's Economy

Elías Jaua

Oly Millán

Pedro Morejón

Basic Industries and Mining

Víctor Álvarez

José Khan

Rodolfo Sanz

José Khan

Science, Technology and Intermediate Industries

Carlos Genatios

Nelson Merentes

Marlene Yadira Córdova

Héctor Navarro

Nuris Orihuela

Jesse Chacón

Ricardo Menéndez

Science and Technology

Jorge Arreaza

Industries

Ricardo Menéndez

Telecommunications and IT

Jesse Chacón

Socorro Hernández

Production and Trade

Gustavo Márquez

J. J. Montilla

Luisa Romero

Adina Bastidas

Ramón Rosales

Wilmar Castro

Edmée Betancourt

María Cristina Iglesias

William Contreras

Eduardo Samán

Richard Canán

Edmée Betancourt

Tourism

Wilmar Castro

Olga Titina Azuaje

Pedro Morejón

Alejandro Fleming

Agriculture and Lands

Alejandro Riera

J. J. Montilla

Efrén Andrade

Arnoldo Márquez

Antonio Albarrán

Elías Jaua

Juan Carlos Loyo

Elías Jaua

Juan Carlos Loyo

Sport

Eduardo Álvarez

Victoria Mata

Héctor Rodríguez

Educación

Héctor Navarro

Aristóbulo Istúriz

Adán Chávez

Héctor Navarro

Jennifer Gil

Maryann Hanson

Higher Education

Héctor Navarro

Fabio Quijada

Samuel Moncada

Luis Acuña

Edgardo Ramírez

Yadira Córdova

Culture

Francisco Sesto

Héctor Soto

Francisco Sesto

Pedro Calzadilla

Women and Gender Equality

María León

Nancy Pérez

Health

Gilberto Rodríguez Ochoa

María Lourdes Urbaneja

Roger Capella

Francisco Armada

Erick Rodríguez

Jesús Mantilla

Carlos Rotondaro

Reyes Reyes

María Eugenia Sader

Housing and Habitat

Julio Montes

Luis Figueroa

Ramón Carrizalez

Jorge Pérez

Edith Gómez

Francisco Sesto

Ricardo Molina

Public Works and Housing

Reyes Reyes

Julio Montes

Alberto Esqueda

Liliana Verenzuela

Diosdado Cabello

Ramón Carrizalez

José David Cabello

Isidro Rondón

Diosdado Cabello

Transport and Communications

Francisco Garcés

Ground Transportation

Juan García Toussaintt

Air and Water Transport

Elsa Gutiérrez

Communication and Information

Nora Uribe

Yuri Pimentel

Tania Díaz

Mauricio Rodríguez

Andrés Izarra

Ernesto Villegas

Interior and Justice

Luis Miquilena

Ignacio Arcaya

Luis Dávila

Néstor Luis Reverol

Defense

Raúl Salazar

Liliana Verenzuela

José Vicente Rangel

Lucas Rincón

José Luis Prieto

Jorge García Carneiro

Orlando Maniglia

Raúl Isaías Baduel

Gustavo Rangel Briceño

Foreign Affairs

Luis Alfonso Dávila|Luis Dávila

Roy Chaderton

Jesús Arnaldo Pérez|Jesús Pérez

Oil and Mining

Álvaro Silva Calderón

Rafael Ramírez

Electric Energy

Ángel Rodríguez

Alí Rodríguez Araque

Héctor Navarro

Economy and Finance

Maritza Izaguirre

José Rojas

Nelson Merentes

Francisco Uson

Tobías Nóbrega

Nelson Merentes

Rodrigo Cabezas

Rafael Isea

Alí Rodríguez Araque

Financing Endogenous Development

Nelson Merentes

Planning and Finance

Jorge Giordani

Planning and Development

Jorge Giordani

Felipe Pérez

Jorge Giordani

Haiman el Troudi

Jorge Giordani

Labour and Social Security

Leopoldo Puchi

Lino Martínez

Blancanieves Portocarrero

María Cristina Iglesias

Ricardo Dorado

José Ramón Rivero

Roberto Hernández

María Cristina Iglesias

Environment

Atala Uriana

Jesús Pérez

Ana Elisa Osorio

Jacqueline Faría

Yubiri Ortega

Alejandro Hitcher

Francisco Ortíz

Food

Rafael Oropeza

Érika Farías

Rafael Oropeza

Félix Osorio Guzmán

Carlos Osorio

Indigenous Peoples

Nicia Maldonado

Aloha Núñez

Youth

Mary Pili Hernández

Correctional Service

Iris Varela

Former cabinets

Cabinet of Hermógenes López
Cabinet of Cipriano Castro
Cabinet of Eleazar López Contreras
Cabinet of Isaías Medina Angarita
Cabinet of Rómulo Gallegos
Cabinet of Marcos Pérez Jiménez
Cabinet of Rómulo Betancourt
- Second presidency of Rómulo Betancourt
Cabinet of Raúl Leoni
Cabinet of Luis Herrera Campins
Cabinet of Jaime Lusinchi
Cabinet of Carlos Andrés Pérez
Cabinet of Ramón José Velásquez
Cabinet of Rafael Caldera
Cabinet of Hugo Chávez
Cabinet of Nicolás Maduro

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[constitution-1] "Constitución de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela con la Enmienda N° 1" (PDF). Supreme Tribunal of Justice (in Spanish). Caracas. 15 February 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2 January 2016.

[leyadmin-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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2 January 2016.

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[4] ttp://www.noticias24.com/venezuela/noticia/260890/vladimir-padrino-lopez-es-el-nuevo-ministro-de-defensa-de-venezuela/

[5] "Maduro retoca su gabinete con siete nuevos ministros". Banca y Negocios. August 12, 2019.

[6] "Seis nuevos ministerios, 11 ratificados y dos enroques: El nuevo tren ministerial venezolano". January 6, 2016.

[auto-7] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "PANORAMA.com.ve". PANORAMA.com.ve.

[8] "Estos son los ministros nombrados por el presidente Maduro vía Twitter". Panorama (in European Spanish). 14 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[9] "Aristóbulo Istúriz repite como ministro de Educación 11 años después de salir del cargo". September 4, 2018.

[10] "Destituyeron a Luis López del Ministerio de Salud". El Nacional (in European Spanish). 2018-06-25. Retrieved 25 June 2018.

[11] "Maduro designa nuevos ministros y vicepresidenta" (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 June 2018.

[12] Nacional, El (November 26, 2017). "Ildemaro Villarroel es el nuevo ministro de Vivienda".

[13] "Estos son los ministros nombrados por el presidente Maduro vía Twitter" (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 June 2018.

[14] "Venezuela appoints alleged drug trafficker El Aissami as oil minister". Reuters . 2020-04-27. Retrieved 2018-04-28.

[15] Nacional, El (November 26, 2017). "Designaron a Manuel Quevedo como ministro de Petróleo y presidente Pdvsa".

[16] ttp://www.noticias24.com/venezuela/noticia/243525/maduro-nombra-a-ricardo-menendez-como-nuevo-ministro-de-planificacion/

[17] ttp://www.eluniversal.com/noticias/cultura/ernesto-villegas-fue-designado-ministro-cultura_676500

[18] Nacional, El (January 4, 2018). "Iris Varela y Aloha Núñez salieron de la ANC para dirigir ministerios".

[19] ttp://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/mundo/america-latina/venezuela-es/article213192054.html

[20] "Maduro designa nuevos ministros y vicepresidenta" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 14 June 2018.

[21] "Eneyda Laya Lugo nueva ministra de Comercio Nacional". October 21, 2019.

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Date formed	23 January 2019
Date dissolved	5 January 2023
People and organisations
Interim President	Juan Guaidó
Interim President's history	List President of the National Assembly (2019–23) Majority Leader of the National Assembly (2018–19) National Assembly Deputy (2016–21)
Member parties	MUD
Status in legislature	Majority (2019–2021) 112 / 167 (67%)
Opposition party	GPPSB
Opposition leader	Nicolás Maduro
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Legislature term	IV National Assembly