Cabinet of Hugo Chávez
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The Cabinet of Hugo Chávez is the circle high level ministerial officials and appointees who coordinate the day to day management of the Venezuelan federal government in conjunction with the President of Venezuela. According to the 1999 Venezuelan Constitution, the President can alter his cabinet as he sees fit, and may establish or eliminate federal ministries by presidential decree.
Under Hugo Chávez, cabinet reshuffles have been frequent; thus authoritative lists are difficult to maintain. Several important members of Chávez's inner government circle are not members of the cabinet, nor even members of the executive branch; instead, they are members of the newly created citizen's branch (poder ciudadano).
[edit] List of current cabinet officials under Hugo Chávez
| OFFICE | NAME | TERM |
| President | Hugo Chávez | 2002– |
| Vice President | Ramón Carrizales | 2008– |
| Agriculture & Lands | Elías Jaua | 2006– |
| Basic Industry & Mining | Rodolfo Sanz | 2008– |
| Communications & Information | Andrés Izarra | 2008– |
| Culture | Francisco de Asís Sesto Novas | 2005– |
| Defense | Gustavo Rangel | 2006– |
| Education | Adán Chávez | 2007– |
| Energy & Petroleum | Rafael Ramírez | 2002– |
| Environment and Natural Resources | Yubirí Ortega | 2007– |
| Nutrition | Félix Osorio | 2008– |
| Finance | Rafael Isea | 2008– |
| Foreign Affairs | Nicolás Maduro | 2006– |
| Health | Jesús Mantilla | 2007– |
| Higher Education | Luis Acuña | 2007– |
| Housing & Habitat | Jorge Pérez Prado | 2008– |
| Indigenous Peoples | Nicia Maldonado | 2007– |
| Infrastructure | José David Cabello Rondón | 2006– |
| Interior & Justice | Ramón Rodríguez Chacín | 2008– |
| Labor | José Ramón Rivero | 2007– |
| Light Industry & Commerce | William Contreras | 2008– |
| Planning and Development | Haiman El Trudi; | 2008– |
| Popular Economy | Pedro Fritz Morejón | 2006– |
| Science & Technology | Héctor Navarro | 2007– |
| Social Development | Erika Farias | 2008– |
| Sports | Victoria Mata | 2008– |
| Telecommunications | Socorro Hernández | 2008– |
| Tourism | Olga Cecilia Azuaje | 2007– |
| Venezuelan Secretariat of the Presidency | Jesse Chacón | 2008– |
| Central Bank President | Gastón Luis Parra Luzardo | 2005– |
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[edit] References
Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the United States of America: Government — Cabinet Ministries — Directory of cabinet structure and current cabinet members. (Spanish)
El Universal — Incoming ministers sworn in List of ministers designated January 08, 2007
