Venezuela: Reference Information

Venezuela: Reference Information - Political Data
Type of government	Republic

Executive Branch
President	Hugo Chávez Frías
Vice President	Diosdado Cabello
Since	February-99
Last elections	30-Jul-2000
Next elections	2006
Cabinet
Minister of Finance	Francisco Usón Ramírez
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Luis Alfonso Davila
Minister of Planning and Development	Jorge Giordani
Minister of Energy and Mines	Alvaro Silva Calderón


President of the Central Bank	Diego Luís Castellanos

Legislative Branch
Last elections	30-Jul-2000
Next elections	2005

National Assembly
Party	Seats
Movement of the Fifth Republic (MVR)	76
Democratic Action (AD)	33
Movement towards Socialism (MAS)	20
Project Venezuela (PV)	6
Social Christian Party (COPEI)	5
Justice First Movement (MPJ)	5
LAPY	3
La Causa R (CR)	3
Nuevo Tiempo	3
National Indian Council of Venezuela (CONIVE)	3
Others	8
Total	165

Note: The above information was last updated on 1 January 2001. The latest update is available by paid subscription in the LatinFocus Consensus Forecast. For more details please click here.

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