President (E) Delcy Rodríguez recognized Padrino López's worth as defense minister
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Published at: 19/03/2026 02:45 PM
The president in charge of the Bolivarian Republic of
Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, recognized this Thursday the worth of G/J Vladimir
Padrino López and the High Military Command that accompanied him in the exercise of his
functions as Minister of People's Power for Defense.
Padrino López and his team were welcomed by the president in
charge at the Miraflores Palace, where they held a meeting in which the new head of the defense portfolio, G/J Gustavo González López,
also participated.
After the new appointment, Rodríguez thanked
Padrino López for his work, “for his dedication, his loyalty to the Homeland and for having been,
for all these years, the first soldier in the defense of our country.”
He expressed his confidence that the military leader “will assume with
the same commitment and honor the new responsibilities that will be
entrusted to him.”
Mazo News Team