Cabinet of Venezuela

The president of the republic, the executive vice president and the ministers, meeting jointly, make up the Council of Ministers.

It is a constitutional body of the National Executive, appointed by the president of the republic.

The ministers are direct bodies of the president of the republic, and meeting jointly with the president and the executive vice president, they make up the Council of Ministers.

Ministers have the right to speak before the National Assembly and the committees thereof. They have the right to take part in debates in the National Assembly, without the right to vote.

The structure as of 2020:

• President of the Council of Ministers of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
• First Vice-President of the Council of Ministers of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
  • Sector Vice-president for the Economy
  • Sector Vice President for Planning
  • Sector Vice-President for Social and Territorial Socialism
  • Sector Vice President for Political Sovereignty, Security and Peace
  • Sector Vice President for Communication and Culture
  • Sector Vice President for Public Works and Services
• Permanent Secretary of the Council of Ministers of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
• Attorney General of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

There are currently 33 ministries and one state ministry. Each of these entities is headed by a minister.

Cabinet of Venezuela
Office	Creation date, name change or merger	Ref
Office of the Presidency and Monitoring of Government Management	2012	[1]
Ministry of Internal Relations, Justice and Peace	2013	[2]
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	1810	[3]
Ministry of Economy and Finance	2017	[4]
Ministry of Defense	1810	[5]
Ministry of Tourism and Foreign Trade	2019	[6]
Ministry of Agriculture and Land	2016	[7]
Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture	2016	[8]
Ministry of Urban Agriculture	2016	[9]
Ministry of Education	1881	[10]
Ministry of Health	1936	[11]
Ministry of the Social Work Process	2014	[12]
Ministry of Housing and Habitat	2005	[13]
Ministry of Ecosocialism and Water	2015	[14]
Ministry of Petroleum	2017	[15]
Ministry of Planning	2013	[16]
Ministry of University Education	2014	[17]
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation	2019	[18]
Ministry of Communication and Information	2002	[19]
Ministry of Communes and Social Protection	2009	[20]
Ministry of Food	2004	[21]
Ministry of Culture	2005	[22]
Ministry of Youth and Sports	2014	[23]
Ministry of Indigenous Peoples	2007	[24]
Ministry of Women and Gender Equality	2009	[25]
Ministry of the Prison Service	2011	[26]
Ministry of Public Works	2017	[27]
Ministry of Land Transportation	2017	[28]
Ministry of Electric Power	2009	[29]
Ministry of Ecological Mining Development	2016	[30]
Ministry of Water Attention	2018	[31]
Ministry of Industries and National Production	2018	[32]
Ministry of Commerce	2018	[33]

State Ministries:

The Office of the Attorney General of the Republic advises, defends and represents in and out of court the property interests of the republic, and must be consulted for purposes of approval of contracts in the national public interest.

The Office of the Attorney General of the Republic is responsible to and under the overall direction of the attorney general. The attorney general attends and has the right to speak at meetings of the Cabinet.

The Council of State is the highest consultative organ of the Government and the National Public Administration. It is charged with making policy recommendations in the national interest with regard to matters recognized by the president as being of particular importance and requiring the council's opinion.

The Council of State is led by the vice president as chairperson and has the following composition:

• 5 members appointed by the president
• 1 member appointed by the Directorial Board of the National Assembly
• 1 member appointed by the chief justice of the Supreme Tribunal
• 1 state governor selected by all the state and territorial governors to represent states' matters

It is the body in charge of coordinating and planning policies and transferring competencies from the National Power to the States and Municipalities.

As a plenary section the FCG is made up of:

• Vice President of the Republic (President).
• Ministers of the Cabinet
• Governors of each federal entity (including governors of Amazonas, Anzoátegui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Falcón, Guárico, Lara, Mérida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Táchira, Trujillo, Vargas, Yaracuy and Zulia)
• One Mayor from the states representing municipal governments
• Spokespersons of the People's Power elected by regions

It also has a Permanent Secretariat, with the Executive Vice-Presidency of the Republic, two ministers, three governors, and three mayors forming its membership.

• Capital District Government
• Government of the Miranda Island Territory
• Central Bank of Venezuela

State Ministries:

• Cabinet of Hermógenes López
• Cabinet of Cipriano Castro
• Cabinet of Eleazar López Contreras
• Cabinet of Isaías Medina Angarita
• Cabinet of Rómulo Gallegos
• Cabinet of Marcos Pérez Jiménez
• Cabinet of Rómulo Betancourt
  • Second presidency of Rómulo Betancourt
• Cabinet of Raúl Leoni
• Cabinet of Luis Herrera Campins
• Cabinet of Jaime Lusinchi
• Cabinet of Carlos Andrés Pérez
• Cabinet of Ramón José Velásquez
• Cabinet of Rafael Caldera
• Cabinet of Hugo Chávez
• Cabinet of Nicolás Maduro

• Venezuelan Politics
• Venezuelan Constitution of 1999
• Territorial organization of Venezuela
• History of Venezuela

• Gobierno en línea - Official website of the Venezuelan government.