Jorge Rodríguez (Venezuelan politician)

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Jorge Rodríguez
Rodríguez in 2023
12th President of the National Assembly of Venezuela
Incumbent (contested)
Assumed office 5 January 2021
Disputed with	Dinorah Figuera
Preceded by	Luis Parra
Deputy of the National Assembly for the Capital District
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 January 2021
Minister of Popular Power for Communication and Information
In office 3 November 2017 – 4 September 2020
President	Nicolás Maduro
Preceded by	Ernesto Villegas
Succeeded by	Freddy Ñáñez
5th Mayor of the Libertador Bolivarian Municipality
In office 1 December 2009 – 3 November 2017
Preceded by	Freddy Bernal
Succeeded by	Luis Lira (acting)
Vice President of Venezuela
In office 8 January 2007 – 3 January 2008
President	Hugo Chávez
Preceded by	Jose Vicente Rangel
Succeeded by	Ramón Carrizales
President of the National Electoral Council
In office 2005–2006
Preceded by	Francisco Carrasquero
Succeeded by	Tibisay Lucena
Personal details
Born	Jorge Jesús Rodríguez Gómez (1965-11-09) 9 November 1965 (age 59) Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela
Political party	United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) (from 2007) Fifth Republic Movement (until 2007)
Children	Lucía Rodríguez Héctor Rodríguez Matías Rodríguez
Parent(s)	Jorge Antonio Rodríguez (father; 1942-1976)
Relatives	Delcy Rodríguez (sister)
Alma mater	Central University of Venezuela

Jorge Jesús Rodríguez Gómez (born 9 November 1965) is a Venezuelan politician and psychiatrist serving as President of the National Assembly of Venezuela since 2021. He previously served as the vice president of Venezuela from 2007 to 2008 and as Mayor of the Libertador Bolivarian Municipality from 2009 to 2017. He is the brother of Delcy Rodríguez, the current vice president.

Rodríguez was elected as president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, after being nominated by the Great Patriotic Pole on 5 January 2021. Rodríguez will direct the first year of the 5th Legislature of the National Assembly, which resulted from elections held on 6 December 2020.^[1][2][3]

He was born in Barquisimeto. Prior to his appointment as vice-president, Rodríguez had been the chief of Venezuela's National Electoral Council.^[4]

On 3 January 2007 President Hugo Chávez announced that Rodríguez would be the next vice president, replacing José Vicente Rangel.^[4] He was sworn in on 8 January, two days before Chávez's swearing in for his next term as president.^{[citation needed]}

Rodríguez studied medicine at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV); he was the president of the Federation of University Centers in 1988. After graduating, he studied psychiatry at the UCV and community clinical psychology at the Andrés Bello Catholic University.^[4]

He headed the government's campaign in favor of a group of constitutional amendments in the December 2007 referendum. Following the defeat of the referendum, Chávez announced on 3 January 2008 that he was replacing Rodríguez with Ramón Carrizales, previously the Minister of Housing. Chávez said that Rodríguez would concentrate on developing the new United Socialist Party of Venezuela.^[5]

In the November 2008 regional elections, Rodríguez was elected as Mayor of the Libertador District in Caracas.^{[citation needed]}

Rodríguez has been sanctioned by several countries and is banned from entering neighboring Colombia.

On 22 September 2017, Canada sanctioned Rodríguez due to rupture of Venezuela's constitutional order following the 2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election.^[6][7]

In January 2019, Rodríguez was one of over 200 people with a "close relationship and support for the Nicolás Maduro regime", who were banned from entering the Colombia.^[8][9]

The United States sanctioned Rodriguez on 25 September 2018 for his efforts in solidifying President Maduro's power in Venezuela.^[10]

His father, Jorge Antonio Rodríguez, was a leader in the Socialist League of Venezuela. He was arrested in 1976 as a suspect in the kidnapping by guerrillas of William Frank Niehous [es], vice-president of the Owens-Illinois Venezuela, and tortured to death by the police. ^[11][12] His sister, Delcy Rodríguez, has also served as a senior official during the Maduro administration.^[13]

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• Jorge Rodríguez Gómez (Vicepresidencia de la República)