Ministry_of_Defense_(Venezuela)

Ministry of Defense (Venezuela)

Ministry of Defense (Venezuela)

Venezuelan federal government ministry

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.

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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

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Gobierno de Juan Vicente Gómez 1908- 1935 (Venezuela)". Monografias (in Spanish). 16 December 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Sitio Web del Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Defensa. Caracas - Venezuela - Ex-Ministros". www.mindefensa.gov.ve. Archived from the original on 13 May 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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