Diosdado Cabello

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cabello and the second or maternal family name is Rondón.
Diosdado Cabello
Cabello in 2019.
Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 August 2024
PresidentNicolás Maduro
Preceded byRemigio Ceballos
In office
28 April 2002 – 10 January 2003
PresidentHugo Chávez
Preceded byRamón Rodríguez Chacín
Succeeded byLucas Rincón Romero
President of the 2017 Constituent Assembly
In office
19 June 2018 – 18 December 2020
PresidentNicolás Maduro
Preceded byDelcy Rodríguez
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Vice President of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 December 2011
PresidentHugo Chávez
Nicolás Maduro
Preceded byPosition established
Acting President of Venezuela
Acting
13 April 2002 – 14 April 2002
Preceded byPedro Carmona (acting)
Succeeded byHugo Chávez
Vice President of Venezuela
In office
13 January 2002 – 28 April 2002
PresidentHugo Chávez
Preceded byAdina Bastidas
Succeeded byJosé Vicente Rangel
6th President of the National Assembly
In office
5 January 2012 – 5 January 2016
PresidentHugo Chávez
Nicolás Maduro
Preceded byFernando Soto Rojas
Succeeded byHenry Ramos Allup
Deputy of the National Assembly of Venezuela
In office
5 January 2011 – 27 August 2024
ConstituencyMonagas State (2011-2021)
National List (2021-2024)
Minister of Public Works and Housing
In office
4 March 2009 – 24 June 2010
PresidentHugo Chávez
Preceded byIsidro Rondón (Infrastructure)
Francisco Sesto (Housing and Habitat)
Succeeded byRicardo Molina (Housing and Habitat)
Governor of Miranda
In office
31 October 2004 – 29 November 2008
Preceded byEnrique Mendoza
Succeeded byHenrique Capriles
Minister of Infrastructure
In office
15 January 2003 – 28 April 2004
PresidentHugo Chávez
Preceded byIsmael Hurtado
Succeeded byRamón Carrizales
Personal details
Born
Diosdado Cabello Rondón

(1963-04-15) 15 April 1963 (age 61)
El Furrial, Monagas, Venezuela
Political party
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
SpouseMarleny Contreras
Children4
RelativesJosé David Cabello (brother)
Glenna Cabello (sister)
ProfessionEngineer
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Diosdado Cabello Rondón (born 15 April 1963[1]) is a Venezuelan politician who currently serves as Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace since 2024.[2] 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.[3] 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.[not verified in body] In 2012, he was elected and sworn in as President of the National Assembly of Venezuela, the country’s parliament.[4] 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 is alleged to be the head of an international drug trafficking organization “Cartel de los Soles”,[5][6] accepting bribes from Derwick Associates for public works projects in Venezuela,[7] using nepotism to reward friends and family members[8] and directing colectivos while paying them with funds from Petróleos de Venezuela.[9] In 2013, there were at least 17 formal corruption allegations lodged against Cabello in Venezuela's prosecutors office.[10] 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.[11][non-primary source needed]

Described in 2013 as the second most powerful man in Venezuela,[12][13] Reuters wrote in 2012 that Cabello possessed significant "sway with the military and lawmakers plus close links to businessmen."[14]

  1. ^ Vicepresidencia de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello Rondón Archived 26 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 19 April 2010
  2. ^ "Venezuela's Maduro shakes up cabinet after contested election". Reuters. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Chavez eliminates autonomy of broadcasting commission," Archived 27 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine Informe21, 11 November 2009.
  4. ^ "Diosdado Cabello is the new president of the National Assembly". El Universal.
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  8. ^ "The Frank Underwood of Venezuela". The Atlantic. 6 March 2014.
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  12. ^ "Top Venezuelan official announces "justice will go after" Capriles". EL PAIS. 14 August 2013.
  13. ^ "Internal affairs denies issuing passport to a Venezuelan". New Vision. [permanent dead link]
  14. ^ Parraga, Mario Naranjo (23 March 2012). "Chavez's army ally rises to fore in Venezuela". REUTERS.