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Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez[b] (born 18 May 1969) is a Venezuelan lawyer, diplomat, and politician who is the acting president of Venezuela after the United States capture of Nicolás Maduro on 3 January 2026. She has also served as the vice president of Venezuela since 2018. Rodríguez has held several positions during the presidencies of Hugo Chávez and Maduro. She was Minister of Popular Power for Communication and Information of Venezuela from 2013 to 2014, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2017, President of the Constituent Assembly of Venezuela from 2017 to 2018 and Minister of Petroleum from 2024 to 2025.
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Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez[b] (born 18 May 1969) is a Venezuelan lawyer, diplomat, and politician who is the acting president of Venezuela after the United States capture of Nicolás Maduro on 3 January 2026. She has also served as the vice president of Venezuela since 2018. Rodríguez has held several positions during the presidencies of Hugo Chávez and Maduro. She was Minister of Popular Power for Communication and Information of Venezuela from 2013 to 2014, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2017, President of the Constituent Assembly of Venezuela from 2017 to 2018 and Minister of Petroleum from 2024 to 2025.
She is a member of the national leadership of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela. The European Union, the United States and Canada have placed sanctions on her for what they said were human rights violations and her role in the political crisis in the country. Her vice-presidency was disputed between 2019 and 2023. She managed to stabilize the Venezuelan economy after years of crisis and increase the country's oil production despite tougher US sanctions.
On 3 January 2026, Maduro was abducted in a US operation, leaving Rodríguez as acting president of the country but making her future role in the government administration unclear. She later appeared on state television, claiming that Maduro is Venezuela's only president. Venezuela's Supreme Tribunal of Justice ordered Rodríguez to become acting president.
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