| Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members | 25 January 2005 |
President | Hugo CHAVEZ Frias |
Vice President | Jose Vicente RANGEL |
Minister of Agriculture & Lands | Antonio ALBARAN |
Minister of Basic Industry & Mining | Victor ALVAREZ |
Minister of Defense | Jorge GARCIA Carneiro, General |
Minister of Development of Special Economic Zones | Francisco NATERA |
Minister of Education, Culture, & Sports | Aristobulo ISTURIZ |
Minister of Energy & Petroleum | Rafael RAMIREZ |
Minister of Environment & Natural Resources | Jacqueline Pineda FARIAS |
Minister of Finance | Nelson MERENTES |
Minister of Financing for Endogenous Development | Nelson MERENTES |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Ali RODRIGUEZ Araque |
Minister of Health & Social Development | Francisco ARMADA |
Minister of Higher Education | Samuel MONCADA |
Minister of Housing | Julio MONTES |
Minister of Information & Communications | Andres IZARRA |
Minister of Infrastructure (Acting) | Ramon Alonzo CARRIZALES Rengifo |
Minister of Interior & Justice | Jesse CHACON Escamillo |
Minister of Labor | Maria Cristina IGLESIAS |
Minister of Light Industry & Commerce | Edmee BETANCOURT |
Minister of Nutrition | Rafael Jose OROPEZA, General |
Minister of Planning | Jorge GIORDANI |
Minister of Popular Economy | Elias JAUA |
Minister of Production & Trade | Wilmar CASTRO Soteldo |
Minister of Science & Technology | Yadira CORDOVA |
Minister of Tourism | Wilmar CASTRO Soteldo |
Secretary of the Presidency | Rodrigo CHAVEZ |
Prosecutor General | Isaias RODRIGUEZ |
President, Central Bank | Diego CASTELLANOS |
Ambassador to the US | Bernardo ALVAREZ |
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York | Milos ALCALAY |