Saturday, 16/06/2018 09:26 (GMT+7)
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on June 14th named Ms. Delcy Rodriguez, Minister of Foreign Affairs and head of Maduro’s Constitutional Assembly, as Vice President.
Ms. Delcy Rodriguez (Photo: EPA/VNA)
“I have named as Executive Vice President a young woman, brave, seasoned, daughter of a martyr, revolutionary and tested in a thousand battles,” President Maduro said on Twitter.
Ms. Rodriguez replaces Tareck El Aissami, who will become Industry and National Production Minister, Mr. Maduro said.
Under Venezuela's constitution, the Vice President is designated by the President. The Vice President also assumes power if the President resigns or becomes incapacitated.
The appointment makes Ms. Delcy Rodriguez the second woman to fulfill the role of Vice President since the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) came to power under Hugo Chavez. The first was Ms. Adina Bastidas.
Ms. Delcy Rodriguez, born in 1969, was also Minister of Popular Power for Communication and Information from 2013 to 2014, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2017 and President of the Constitutional Assembly of Venezuela from August 4th, 2017 to June 14th, 2018./.
Compiled by BTA