President-in-Charge Delcy Rodríguez leads the Council of Ministers to guarantee peace and sovereignty

Published at: 04/01/2026 08:13 PM

The president in charge of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, headed the first council of ministers after the United States bombings that led to the kidnapping in Caracas of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores de Maduro.

From the Council of Ministers Hall, the 757th Council of Ministers was installed this Sunday, January 5, the first under the leadership of Delcy Rodríguez, in her capacity as President in Charge of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

This strategic meeting is convened after the ruling of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) issued yesterday, which ruled the immediate continuity of executive command in the face of the temporary absence of President Nicolás Maduro, together with the First Combatant, Cilia Flores, as a result of his kidnapping by the US government.

In this Council of Ministers, the Bolivarian Government reaffirms its commitment to National Sovereignty by generating the strategic guidelines necessary to guarantee citizen peace and the full operation of the State.

Attendees:

Captain Diosdado Cabello, Sectorial Vice President of Politics, Citizen Security and Peace and Minister of People's Power for Internal Relations, Justice and Peace.

General in Chief Vladímir Padrino López, Sectorial Vice President of Defense and Sovereignty and Minister of People's Power for Defense.

Héctor Rodríguez, Sectorial Vice President of Social and Territorial Socialism and Minister of Popular Power for Education.

Major General Jorge Elieser Márquez Monsalve, Sectorial Vice President of Public Works and Services and Minister of People's Power for Electric Energy.

Ricardo Menéndez, Sectorial Vice President of Planning and Minister of Popular Power for Planning.

Alfred Nazareth Ñáñez, Sectorial Vice President of Communication, Culture and Tourism and Minister of Popular Power for Communication and Information.

Gabriela Jiménez, Sectorial Vice President for Science, Technology, Ecosocialism and Health and Minister of Popular Power for Science and Technology.

Vice Admiral Aníbal Coronado, Minister of People's Power of the Office of the Presidency and Monitoring of Government Management.

Yván Gil, Minister of People's Power for Foreign Affairs.

Alex Saab, Minister of the People's Power for Industries and National Production.

Anabel Pereira Fernández, Minister of People's Power for Economy and Finance.

Coromoto Godoy Calderón, Minister of People's Power for Foreign Trade.

Captain Julio León Heredia, Minister of Popular Power for Productive Agriculture and Lands.

Leticia Gómez, Minister of Popular Power for Tourism.

Lieutenant Colonel Luis Villegas, Minister of People's Power for National Trade.

Major General Carlos Leal Tellería, Minister of the People's Power for Food.

Ricardo Sánchez, Minister of the People's Power for University Education.

Major General Ramón Velásquez Araguayán, Minister of People's Power for Transportation.

Juan José Ramírez, Minister of the People's Power of Public Works.

Magaly Gutiérrez Viña, Minister of Popular Power for Health.

Eduardo Piñate, Minister of People's Power for the Social Work Process.

Major General Raúl Alfonso Paredes, Minister of Popular Power for Habitat and Housing.

Ernesto Villegas Poljak, Minister of People's Power for Culture.

Clara Vidal, Minister of Popular Power for Indigenous Peoples.

Yelitze Santaella, Minister of Popular Power for Women and Gender Equality.

Julio García Zerpa, Minister of the People's Power for the Penitentiary Service.

Carlos Mast Yustiz, Minister of the People's Power for Water Care.

Héctor Silva, Minister of the People's Power for Ecological Mining Development.

Ángel Prado, Minister of Popular Power for Communes, Social Movements and Urban Agriculture.

Ricardo Molina, Minister of Popular Power for Ecosocialism.

Juan Carlos Loyo, Minister of the People's Power of Fisheries and Aquaculture.

Sergio Lotartaro, Minister of People's Power for Youth.

Franklin Cardillo, Minister of Popular Power for Sports.

Magally Viña, Minister of Popular Power for Adults and Older Adults, Grandparents and Grandmothers of the Fatherland.

Mazo News Team