President in charge Delcy Rodríguez swore in new members of the Military High Command

Published at: 19/03/2026 09:00 PM

The President in Charge as Commander in Chief of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), Delcy Rodríguez, swore in this Thursday the new Military High Command headed by the Minister of Popular Power for Defense, GJ Gustavo González López.

The President said during the swearing in, “I give the highest welcome to this renewed Military High Command, which will guarantee peace, tranquility, territorial integrity and sovereignty for our Venezuela. Long live Venezuela united!”

The new military authorities that assume their functions within the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) are:

Minister of People's Power for Defense, G/J Gustavo González López.

Strategic Operational Commander of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), MG Rafael David Prieto Martínez.

Second Commander and Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Strategic Operational Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), MG Jesús Rafael Villamizar Gómez.

General Commander of the Bolivarian Army, MG Rubén Darío Belzares Escobar.

General Commander of the Bolivarian Navy, Admiral Jorge Alejandro Agüero Montes.

General Commander of Bolivarian Military Aviation, MG Royman Antonio Hernández Briceño.

General Commander of the Bolivarian National Guard, MG Juan Ernesto Sulbarán Quintero.

General Commander of the Bolivarian Militia, MG Náyade Lockiby Belmonte.

Inspector General of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces, MG Dilio Guillermo Rodríguez Díaz.

General Commander of the Presidential Honor Guard, GD Henry Navas Rumbos

Director General of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM), Rear Admiral Germán Gómez Lárez.

Mazo News Team