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Gustavo Rangel Briceño
Gustavo Rangel Briceño (born 1956 in Maracaibo) is a Venezuelan military officer. He was Minister of Defense from January 2008 to March 2009. Biography He was born in the city of Maracaibo on 16 August 1956. He graduated from the Venezuelan Academy of Military Sciences in 1978, and has a degree on mechanical engineering, in which he achieved the cum laude Latin honors are a system of Latin phrases used in some colleges and universities to indicate the level of distinction with which an academic degree has been earned. The system is primarily used in the United States. It is also used in some Sout ... distinction. References 1956 births Living people People from Maracaibo Venezuelan military personnel Ministers of defense of Venezuela {{Venezuela-mil-bio-stub ...
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Venezuelan Ministry Of Defense
The Venezuelan Ministry of People's Power for Defense () is the federal-level organization responsible for maintaining the Venezuelan armed forces. As of October 2014, this ministry is headed by General Vladimir Padrino López. The ministry coordinates numerous counter-narcotics operations (''e.g.'', Operation Sierra through the CUFAN organ), helps perform various civil support and social development programs, and oversees the conventional military capabilities of Venezuela. History * 1810 Established as War and Navy Bureau * 1863 Ministry of War * 1874 Ministry of War and Navy * 1946 Became Ministry of National Defense * 1951 Name amended to Ministry of Defense * 2007 Renamed Ministry of People's Power for Defense by presidential decree Lists of ministers of defense See also *Cabinet of Venezuela References External links *Sitio oficial del Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Defensa de Venezuela y los Ex-Ministros*Sitio oficial del Ejército Libertador (Venezuela)*Sitio ...
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Raúl Baduel
Raúl Isaías Baduel (6 July 1955 – 12 October 2021) was a Venezuelan politician, general, and defense minister under President Hugo Chávez. He was a member of Chavez' MBR-200, joining in December 1982. Career Military Baduel was instrumental in restoring Chávez to power after the 2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt, and was described by the BBC as "one of a small group of officers 'co-governing' Venezuela with Mr Chavez". He was commander-in-chief of the Venezuelan Army from 2004 until July 2007. Politics In 2007, Baduel left his position as Defense Minister. Chávez later said that he had removed Baduel from office because he had been unable to explain a string of irregularities. After retiring as Defense Minister, he emerged in 2007 as an opposition leader, when he publicly broke with Chavez and announced his opposition to the constitutional changes proposed in the 2007 constitutional referendum (defeated via referendum) that would have strengthened the powers of the ...
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Ramón Carrizalez
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