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Delcy Rodríguez is a Venezuelan politician who has served as vice president in the Maduro administration since 2018.[1] Following the United States' attacks on Venezuela on the early morning of January 3, 2026, Rodríguez assumed the role of Venezuela's acting president due to the absence of President Nicolás Maduro after his reported abduction by US forces.[1]
Career
Rodriguez joined the Venezuelan government in 2003 during the administration of Hugo Chavez. She has served as the president of the Constituent Assembly of Venezuela from 2017 to 2018 and the minister of petroleum from 2024 to 2025.[1]
Personal life
Rodriguez is the child of Delcy Gómez and Jorge Antonio Rodríguez. Her father was a former teacher and founder of the Socialist League, and was tortured and killed by Venezuela's former intelligence service in 1976. Her brother is politician Jorge Rodríguez.[1][2]
In a podcast episode, Rodriguez stated that she entered law school in the 1980s intending to seek justice for her father's case, and later decided to switch to labor law, completing her degree in 1992. She then studied labor and union law in France in 1993, where she witnessed exclusion and xenophobia against migrants.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Venezuela: Supreme Court Directs Vice President Delcy Rodríguez to Assume Presidency of the Republic" (2026-01-04). Orinoco Tribune. Archived from the original on 2026-01-04.
- ↑ "Jorge Rodríguez padre, luchador incansable contra la opresión de la clase trabajadora venezolana (Jorge Rodríguez Sr., tireless fighter against the oppression of the Venezuelan working class)". Vice Presidency of Venezuela. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
- ↑ Yuleidys Hernández Toledo (2024-02-07). "Así contó Delcy Rodríguez su experiencia como estudiante de Derecho, su vida en París y el significado del 4-F" DiarioVEA. Archived from the original on 2024-02-14.