Delcy Rodríguez

Delcy Rodríguez
Official portrait, 2026
54rd President of Venezuela
Assumed office
5 January 2026[a]
Vice PresidentVacant
Preceded byNicolás Maduro
29th Vice President of Venezuela
In office
14 June 2018 – 5 January 2026
PresidentNicolás Maduro
Herself (acting)
Preceded byTareck El Aissami
Succeeded byVacant
Minister of Petroleum and Hydrocarbons
Assumed office
27 August 2024
PresidentNicolás Maduro
Herself (acting)
Preceded byPedro Tellechea
Minister of Economy and Finance
In office
10 September 2020 – 27 August 2024
PresidentNicolás Maduro
Preceded bySimón Zerpa
Succeeded byAnabel Pereira Fernández
President of the Constituent National Assembly
In office
4 August 2017 – 14 June 2018
PresidentNicolás Maduro
Preceded byLuis Miquilena (1999)
Succeeded byDiosdado Cabello
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
26 December 2014 – 21 June 2017
PresidentNicolás Maduro
Preceded byRafael Ramírez
Succeeded bySamuel Moncada
Minister of Popular Power for Communication and Information
In office
3 August 2013 – 13 October 2014
PresidentNicolás Maduro
Preceded byErnesto Villegas
Succeeded byJacqueline Faría
Minister for Presidential Affairs
In office
February 2006 – August 2006
PresidentHugo Chavez
Preceded byHaiman El Troudi
Succeeded byAdan Chavez
Personal details
Born
Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez

(1969-05-18) May 18, 1969
Caracas, Venezuela
Political partyUnited Socialist (2012–2018, 2018–present)
Other political
affiliations		Movement We Are Venezuela (2018)
FatherJorge Antonio Rodríguez
RelativesJorge Rodríguez (brother)
Alma materCentral University of Venezuela (BS)

Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez (born 18 May 1969) is a Venezuelan lawyer and politician. She has been the acting President of Venezuela since 2026. She took office two days after the United States strikes in Venezuela. She has also been the Vice President of Venezuela since 2018.[1][2] She was also Minister of Popular Power for Communication and Information of Venezuela from 2013[3] to 2014 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2017.[4]

Personal life

Since 2017, Yussef Abou Nassif Smaili is her domestic partner.[5] Smaili is a businessman with Lebanese origins. Until 2007, actor Fernando Carrillo was her partner.[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Designated by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice on 3 January, formally assumed office on 5 January.

References

  1. ↑ "¡Entérate! Nicolás Maduro anuncia cambio de gabinete vía Twitter". La Patilla (in European Spanish). 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  2. ↑ CIA World Factbook. "The World Factbook-Central Intelligence Agency". Archived from the original on May 31, 2021. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Nueva ministra de comunicaciones es la hermana de Jorge Rodríguez". El Nacional. 4 August 2013. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "¡Se acabó el berrinche! Delcy Eloína sale de la cancillería". La Patilla (in European Spanish). 21 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "La familia, mercantil antes que política, de Delcy Rodríguez". Armando.info (in Spanish). 2021-08-15. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  6. ↑ Víctor González (2018-06-21). "#TBT – El día que Fernando Carrillo le declaró su amor a Delcy Rodríguez ??" (in Spanish). El Farandi. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
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