Executive & cabinet — Venezuela
Maduro government, vice-presidents, ministers, and the inner circle.
Profiles in this cohort: 20
Updated: August 2026
All executive & cabinet we currently profile
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Arianny Seijo Noguera
— Attorney General of Venezuela (Procuradora General)
Arianny Seijo Noguera is the Attorney General of Venezuela (Procuradora General de la República), the senior state lawyer representing the Venezuelan state in civil and commercial litigation. She was appointed by Acting President Delcy Rodríguez and confirmed by the National Assembly on March 24, 2026.
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Cilia Flores
— Former First Lady of Venezuela (in U.S. federal custody)
Cilia Flores is the wife of former president Nicolás Maduro and a longtime PSUV leader who was captured alongside him by U.S. military forces on January 3, 2026. She is currently in U.S. federal custody and has been indicted in the Southern District of New York.
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Delcy Rodríguez
— Acting President of Venezuela
Delcy Rodríguez is the Acting President of Venezuela, sworn in on January 5, 2026 after the U.S. military's capture of Nicolás Maduro. She is the senior figure foreign-investor and compliance teams now negotiate with on every Venezuelan counterparty question.
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Diosdado Cabello
— Minister of Interior, Justice, and Peace
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.
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Freddy Bernal
— Governor of Táchira state
Freddy Bernal is the governor of Táchira — Venezuela's main border state with Colombia — and a longtime senior PSUV official with a security and intelligence background.
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Gustavo González López
— Defense Minister of Venezuela
General Gustavo González López is Venezuela's Defense Minister, appointed by Acting President Delcy Rodríguez on March 18, 2026 to replace Vladimir Padrino López. A U.S.-trained intelligence officer, he was previously head of the DGCIM and SEBIN.
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Henry Rangel Silva
— Former Defense Minister of Venezuela
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.
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Hugo Chávez
— Former President of Venezuela (deceased)
Hugo Chávez was the President of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013. His Bolivarian Revolution reshaped the country's political and economic landscape, nationalized industries, and created the conditions that led to the current economic crisis and investment environment.
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Héctor Rodríguez
— Governor of Miranda state
Héctor Rodríguez is the governor of Miranda state — which includes much of the Caracas metropolitan area — and a former Education Minister widely seen as one of the PSUV's next-generation leaders.
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Jorge Arreaza
— Former Foreign Minister and former Vice President of Venezuela
Jorge Arreaza is a former Foreign Minister, former Vice President, and son-in-law of Hugo Chávez — one of the longest-serving senior figures in the Bolivarian government.
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Jorge Rodríguez
— President of the National Assembly
Jorge Rodríguez is President of the Venezuelan National Assembly and the government's lead negotiator with the opposition and with foreign governments.
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José Vielma Mora
— National Assembly Deputy (PSUV/Carabobo)
José Vielma Mora is a PSUV deputy and the Venezuelan legislature's leading advocate for special economic zones. Sanctioned by OFAC in 2019 and indicted by the DOJ in 2021 over the CLAP corruption scheme, he previously served as Governor of Táchira (2012–2017).
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Nicolás Maduro
— Former President of Venezuela (in U.S. federal custody)
Nicolás Maduro is the former President of Venezuela. He was captured by U.S. military forces in Caracas on January 3, 2026 and is currently in U.S. federal custody, charged in the Southern District of New York with narco-terrorism conspiracy and related counts.
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Néstor Reverol
— Former Minister of Interior and Electric Energy; former Corpozulia president
Néstor Reverol is a retired Bolivarian National Guard major general who served as Minister of Interior, Justice, and Peace (2016–2020), Minister of Electric Energy, and most recently as president of Corpozulia (2024–2025). He remains under U.S. federal indictment on narcotics charges.
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Rafael Ramírez
— Former PDVSA President and Oil Minister (in exile)
Rafael Ramírez led PDVSA and the Venezuelan oil sector for 14 years (2002–2014) — the longest run of any modern PDVSA president — and is now a prominent dissident living in exile.
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Samuel Moncada
— Venezuelan Ambassador to France
Samuel Moncada is a Venezuelan diplomat and historian who served as Venezuela's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2017 to 2026 and was named Ambassador to France in 2026.
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Tareck El Aissami
— Former Vice President and Oil Minister of Venezuela (in Venezuelan custody)
Tareck El Aissami is a former Executive Vice President and former Oil Minister of Venezuela — long one of the most powerful figures in the Maduro government before being arrested in 2024 on corruption charges.
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Tarek William Saab
— Acting Ombudsman; former Fiscal General of Venezuela (2017–2026)
Tarek William Saab is a Venezuelan lawyer who served as Fiscal General de la República — head of the Public Ministry — from 2017 until February 25, 2026, when he resigned and was named acting Defensor del Pueblo (Ombudsman). He was replaced as Fiscal by Larry Devoe.
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Vladimir Padrino López
— Former Defense Minister of Venezuela (until March 2026)
General Vladimir Padrino López served as Venezuela's Defense Minister for over 11 years until being dismissed by Acting President Delcy Rodríguez on March 18, 2026 — the longest tenure of any modern Venezuelan defense chief.
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Yván Gil
— Foreign Minister of Venezuela
Yván Gil is Venezuela's Foreign Minister, the senior diplomat managing the Maduro government's external relations including negotiations with the U.S., the EU, and Latin American neighbours over sanctions and recognition.