Marleny Josefina Contreras Hernández de Cabello (born 14 June 1963) is a Venezuelan engineer and politician, wife of

Diosdado Cabello Diosdado Cabello Rondón (born 15 April 1963Vicepresidencia de la República Bolivariana de VenezuelaDiosdado Cabello Rondón, accessed 19 April 2010) is a Venezuelan politician who currently serves as Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace s ...

. She served as Minister for Public Works until 12 August 2019 and was also Minister of Popular Power for Tourism.

Biography

Marleny is wife of the former president of the

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(AN) and now president of the National Constituent Assembly (ANC) and vice president of the

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(PSUV),

. She is a mother of three children. She is a civil engineer and worked as a Collection Manager at SENIAT. Contreras was a deputy of the National Assembly by the State of Miranda until 2015 where she was part of the permanent commission of Finance and Economic Development. On 7 April 2015, she was appointed tourism minister of the Venezuelan government by President

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. On 14 June 2018, she is appointed Minister of the Popular Power for Public Works.

Sanctions

On 18 May 2018, the

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(OFAC) of the

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placed sanctions in effect against Contreras and her husband.

References

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