Diosdado Cabello

Diosdado Cabello
V
President of Venezuela Acting
In office 13 April 2002 – 14 April 2002
President	Hugo Chávez
Preceded by	Pedro Carmona (de facto)
Succeeded by	Hugo Chávez
20th Vice President of Venezuela
In office 13 January 2002 – 28 April 2002
President	Hugo Chávez
Preceded by	Adina Bastidas
Succeeded by	José Vicente Rangel
Minister of Interior and Justice
In office May 2002 – January 2003
Preceded by	Ramón Rodríguez Chacín
Succeeded by	Lucas Rincón Romero
35th Governor of Miranda
In office 2004–2008
Preceded by	Enrique Mendoza
Succeeded by	Henrique Capriles Radonski
Personal details
Born	April 15, 1963 (1963-04-15) (age 48) El Furrial, Monagas State, Venezuela
Political party	MVR (1997–2008) PSUV (2008 – present)
Profession	Engineer

Diosdado Cabello Rondón (born April 15, 1963^[1]) is a Venezuelan politician. A former member of the armed forces, he was involved in Hugo Chávez's February 1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt. He became a leading member of Chavez's Movimiento V República (MVR), and remains a leading member of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela into which MVR was merged in 2007. Governor of Miranda from 2004 to 2008,he lost the 2008 election to Henrique Capriles Radonski, and was subsequently appointed Public Works & Housing Minister. In November 2009 he was additionally appointed head of the National Commission of Telecom, a position traditionally independent from Ministry of Public Works and Housing.^[2] In 2010, he was elected deputy of the National Assembly of Venezuela, the country's legislative branch.

Background

Diosdado Cabello was born in El Furrial, Monagas State.^[1] His background is in engineering: he has an undergraduate degree in systems engineering from the Instituto Universitario Politécnico de las Fuerzas Armadas Nacionales^[1] and a graduate degree in engineering project management from the Andrés Bello Catholic University.^[1] A former member of the armed forces, he was involved in Chávez's abortive coup d'état of February 1992, for which he was jailed for two years.^[3]

Political career

Miranda State Governor Election, 2008 Results Source: CNE data

Candidates Votes  % Henrique Capriles Radonski 583.795 53,11 % Diosdado Cabello 506.753 46,10 %

Following Chávez's 1998 electoral victory, he helped set up the pro-Chávez grassroots civil society organizations known as "Bolivarian Circles". He was head of telecoms regulator Conatel during the time the market was opened to competition. In May 2001 he became Chavez' chief of staff, and was appointed Vice President by President Hugo Chávez on January 13, 2002, replacing Adina Bastidas.^[3] As such, he was responsible to both the president and the National Assembly, and for the relations between the executive and legislative branches of the government.

On April 13, 2002, he took on the duties of the presidency on a temporary basis, replacing Pedro Carmona, head of the Venezuelan Chamber of Commerce, as interim president after the coup d'état when Chávez was kept prisoner and was consequently absent from office. Upon taking office, Cabello said that "I, Diosdado Cabello, am assuming the presidency until such time as the president of the republic, Hugo Chávez Frías, appears." A few hours later, Chávez was back in office. This made Cabello's presidency the world's second briefest, after that of Mexican President Pedro Lascuráin.

On April 28, 2002, Cabello was replaced as Vice President by José Vicente Rangel. Cabello was named interior minister in May 2002,^[4] and then infrastructure minister in January 2003.

In October 2004, he was elected to a four-year term as Governor of Miranda State. He lost the 2008 election to Henrique Capriles Radonski, and was subsequently appointed Public Works & Housing Minister. In November 2009 he was additionally appointed head of Conatel.^[2]

His sister, Glenna Daboin, is a political scientist and current Counsellor of the Venezuelan Permanent Mission to the United Nations.^[5] His brother, José David Cabello, previously minister of infrastructure, is in charge of the nation's taxes as head of SENIAT, Venezuela's revenue service.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Vicepresidencia de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello Rondón, accessed 19 April 2010
2. ^ ^{a b} "Chavez eliminates autonomy of broadcasting commission," Informe21, Nov 11, 2009.
3. ^ ^{a b} [1]"Chavez Dismisses Vice President," Associated Press, Jan 13, 2002.
4. ^ "Venezuela president names new cabinet", BBC News, May 6, 2002.
5. ^ [2]"Assembly Hears Report from Sixth Committee"

Preceded by Adina Bastidas Ramírez

Vice President of Venezuela 2002–2002

Succeeded by José Vicente Rangel Vale

Persondata
Name	Rondón, Diosdado Cabello
Alternative names	Cabello, Diosdado
Short description	Venezuelan politician
Date of birth	April 15, 1963
Place of birth	El Furrial, Monagas State
Date of death
Place of death