Executive & cabinet — Venezuela
Maduro government, vice-presidents, ministers, and the inner circle.
Profiles in this cohort: 16
Updated: May 2026
All executive & cabinet we currently profile
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Arianny Seijo Noguera
— Attorney General of Venezuela
Arianny Seijo Noguera is the Attorney General of Venezuela (Fiscal General de la República), heading the Public Ministry and the country's federal-prosecution apparatus.
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Cilia Flores
— Member of the National Assembly and First Lady of Venezuela
Cilia Flores is a member of the Venezuelan National Assembly, longtime PSUV leader, and the wife of President Nicolás Maduro — a senior figure in her own right within the Bolivarian movement.
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Delcy Rodríguez
— Executive Vice President of Venezuela
Delcy Rodríguez is Venezuela's Executive Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance — the senior cabinet figure managing the economic relationship with U.S. sanctions and PDVSA.
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Diosdado Cabello
— Minister of Interior, Justice, and Peace
Diosdado Cabello is Minister of Interior, Justice, and Peace and the PSUV's first vice president — long considered the second most powerful figure in the Venezuelan government.
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Freddy Bernal
— Governor of Táchira state
Freddy Bernal is the governor of Táchira — Venezuela's main border state with Colombia — and a longtime senior PSUV official with a security and intelligence background.
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Henry Rangel Silva
— Former Defense Minister of Venezuela
General-in-Chief Henry Rangel Silva is a former Defense Minister and former governor of Trujillo state, one of the longest-serving senior military figures in the Bolivarian government.
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Héctor Rodríguez
— Governor of Miranda state
Héctor Rodríguez is the governor of Miranda state — which includes much of the Caracas metropolitan area — and a former Education Minister widely seen as one of the PSUV's next-generation leaders.
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Jorge Arreaza
— Former Foreign Minister and former Vice President of Venezuela
Jorge Arreaza is a former Foreign Minister, former Vice President, and son-in-law of Hugo Chávez — one of the longest-serving senior figures in the Bolivarian government.
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Jorge Rodríguez
— President of the National Assembly
Jorge Rodríguez is President of the Venezuelan National Assembly and the government's lead negotiator with the opposition and with foreign governments.
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Nicolás Maduro
— President of Venezuela
Nicolás Maduro has been President of Venezuela since 2013, leading the PSUV-controlled government and overseeing the country's response to U.S. sanctions and the oil-sector crisis.
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Néstor Reverol
— Minister of Electric Energy of Venezuela
Néstor Reverol is a retired Bolivarian National Guard general who serves as Minister of Electric Energy and previously held the Interior Ministry — one of the most-watched figures in the senior military-civilian apparatus.
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Rafael Ramírez
— Former PDVSA President and Oil Minister
Rafael Ramírez led PDVSA and the Venezuelan oil sector for 14 years (2002–2014) — the longest run of any modern PDVSA president — and is now a prominent dissident living in exile.
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Tareck El Aissami
— Former Vice President and Oil Minister of Venezuela
Tareck El Aissami is a former Executive Vice President and former Oil Minister of Venezuela — long one of the most powerful figures in the Maduro government before being arrested in 2024 on corruption charges.
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Tarek William Saab
— Former Attorney General of Venezuela
Tarek William Saab is a Venezuelan lawyer who served as Attorney General (Fiscal General de la República) following his appointment by the 2017 National Constituent Assembly — a tenure that lasted nearly a decade.
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Vladimir Padrino López
— Minister of Defense and FANB Strategic Operational Commander
General Vladimir Padrino López is Venezuela's Minister of Defense and the longest-serving head of the FANB armed forces — the senior uniformed figure in the Maduro government.
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Yván Gil
— Foreign Minister of Venezuela
Yván Gil is Venezuela's Foreign Minister, the senior diplomat managing the Maduro government's external relations including negotiations with the U.S., the EU, and Latin American neighbours over sanctions and recognition.