Diosdado Cabello
Diosdado Cabello | |
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Cabello in 2019 | |
| Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace | |
| Assumed office 27 August 2024 | |
| President | Nicolás Maduro |
| Preceded by | Remigio Ceballos |
| In office 28 April 2002 – 10 January 2003 | |
| President | Hugo Chávez |
| Preceded by | Ramón Rodríguez Chacín |
| Succeeded by | Lucas Rincón Romero |
| President of the 2017 Constituent Assembly | |
| In office 19 June 2018 – 18 December 2020 | |
| President | Nicolás Maduro |
| Preceded by | Delcy Rodríguez |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Vice President of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela | |
| Assumed office 11 December 2011 | |
| President | Hugo Chávez Nicolás Maduro |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Acting President of Venezuela | |
| Acting 13 April 2002 – 14 April 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Pedro Carmona (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Hugo Chávez |
| Vice President of Venezuela | |
| In office 13 January 2002 – 28 April 2002 | |
| President | Hugo Chávez |
| Preceded by | Adina Bastidas |
| Succeeded by | José Vicente Rangel |
| 6th President of the National Assembly | |
| In office 5 January 2012 – 5 January 2016 | |
| President | Hugo Chávez Nicolás Maduro |
| Preceded by | Fernando Soto Rojas |
| Succeeded by | Henry Ramos Allup |
| Deputy of the National Assembly of Venezuela | |
| In office 5 January 2011 – 27 August 2024 | |
| Constituency | Monagas State (2011-2021) National List (2021-2024) |
| Minister of Public Works and Housing | |
| In office 4 March 2009 – 24 June 2010 | |
| President | Hugo Chávez |
| Preceded by | Isidro Rondón (Infrastructure) Francisco Sesto (Housing and Habitat) |
| Succeeded by | Ricardo Molina (Housing and Habitat) |
| Governor of Miranda | |
| In office 31 October 2004 – 29 November 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Enrique Mendoza |
| Succeeded by | Henrique Capriles |
| Minister of Infrastructure | |
| In office 15 January 2003 – 28 April 2004 | |
| President | Hugo Chávez |
| Preceded by | Ismael Hurtado |
| Succeeded by | Ramón Carrizales |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Diosdado Cabello Rondón 15 April 1963 El Furrial, Monagas, Venezuela |
| Political party | United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) (2008–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Fifth Republic Movement (MVR) (1997–2008) |
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
| Spouse | Marleny Contreras |
| Children | 4 |
| Relatives | José David Cabello (brother) Glenna Cabello (sister) |
| Profession | Engineer |
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Diosdado Cabello Rondón (born 15 April 1963) is a Venezuelan politician who currently serves as Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace since 2024. Cabello is a former member of the National Assembly of Venezuela, where he previously served as Speaker. He is also an active member of the Venezuelan armed forces, with the rank of captain.
Cabello played a key role in Hugo Chávez's return to power following the 2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt. He became a leading member of Chavez’s Movimiento V República (MVR), and remains a leading member of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela, into which MVR was merged in 2007. Governor of Miranda state from 2004 to 2008, he lost the 2008 election to prominent opposition leader Henrique Capriles Radonski and was subsequently appointed Public Works & Housing Minister. In November 2009, he was additionally appointed head of the National Commission of Telecommunications, a position traditionally independent from the Ministry of Public Works and Housing. In 2010, he was elected a member of parliament by his home state of Monagas. In 2011, President Hugo Chávez named him the vice president of Venezuela’s ruling party, the PSUV. In 2012, he was elected and sworn in as President of the National Assembly of Venezuela, the country’s parliament. He was elected president of the National Assembly each year until 2016. He was the second and last president of the 2017 National Constituent Assembly
Cabello has been accused by Venezuelan defectors and pro-opposition media of being a major figure in the Cartel of the Suns, using nepotism to reward friends and family members, and directing colectivos while paying them with funds from Petróleos de Venezuela. In 2013, there were at least 17 formal corruption allegations lodged against Cabello in Venezuela's prosecutors office. On 26 March 2020, the U.S. Department of State offered $10 million for information leading to his arrest and/or conviction by the US in relation to drug trafficking and narco-terrorism.
Described in 2013 as the second most powerful man in Venezuela, Reuters wrote in 2012 that Cabello possessed significant "sway with the military and lawmakers plus close links to businessmen."