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.
General-in-Chief Domingo Hernández Lárez is the Strategic Operational Commander of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (CEOFANB) — the senior operational figure in the FANB chain of command.
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.
Iván Hernández Dala
— Director of the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM)
General Iván Hernández Dala is the head of Venezuela's Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM) — the most consequential internal-security body for foreign and domestic dissident activity.
Manuel Quevedo
— Former PDVSA President and Oil Minister
Manuel Quevedo is a retired Venezuelan National Guard general who served as President of PDVSA and Oil Minister from 2017 to 2020, during a steep collapse in oil output.
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.
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.