| Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members | 1 February 2006 |
President | Hugo CHAVEZ Frias |
Vice President | Jose Vicente RANGEL Vale |
Minister of Agriculture & Lands | Antonio ALBARRAN Moreno |
Minister of Basic Industry & Mining | Victor ALVAREZ |
Minister of Culture | Francisco de Asis SESTO Novas |
Minister of Defense | Ramon Orlando MANIGLIA Ferreira |
Minister of Development of Special Economic Zones | Jose Francisco NATERA Martinez |
Minister of Education, Culture, & Sports | Aristobulo ISTURIZ Almeida |
Minister of Energy & Petroleum | Rafael Dario RAMIREZ Carreno |
Minister of Environment & Natural Resources | Jacqueline Pineda FARIAS |
Minister of Finance | Nelson Jose MERENTES Diaz |
Minister of Financing for Endogenous Development | Nelson Jose MERENTES Diaz |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Ali RODRIGUEZ Araque |
Minister of Health & Social Development | Francisco ARMADA Perez |
Minister of Higher Education | Samuel Reinaldo MONCADA Acosta |
Minister of Housing & Habitat | Luis Carlos FIGUEROA Alcala |
Minister of Information & Communications | Yuri Alexander PIMENTEL |
Minister of Infrastructure (Acting) | Ramon Alonzo CARRIZALES Rengifo |
Minister of Integration & Foreign Trade | Gustavo Adolfo MARQUEZ Marin |
Minister of Interior & Justice | Jesse CHACON Escamillo |
Minister of Labor | Maria Cristina IGLESIAS |
Minister of Light Industry & Commerce | Edmee BETANCOURT de Garcia |
Minister of Nutrition | Rafael Jose OROPEZA, Major General |
Minister of Planning | Jorge GIORDANI |
Minister of Popular Economy | Elias JAUA Milano |
Minister of Production & Trade | Wilmar CASTRO Soteldo |
Minister of Science & Technology | Marlene Yadira CORDOVA |
Minister of Social Development | Jorge Luis GARCIA Carneiro, General (Retired) |
Minister of Tourism | Wilmar CASTRO Soteldo |
Secretary of the Presidency Minister | Luis Alfredo TORCATT Zanabria, Admiral |
Prosecutor General | Isaias RODRIGUEZ Diaz |
President, Central Bank | Diego Luis CASTELLANOS Escalona |
Ambassador to the US | Bernardo ALVAREZ Herrera |
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York | Fermin TORO Jimenez |