President Nicolás Maduro Announces Changes in the Armed Forces High Command
President of the Bolivarean Republic of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro Moros, Oct 14, 2024 Photo: VTV
October 14, 2024 Hour: 10:38 pm
Major-General Johan Alexander Hernández Lárez will assume the functions of commander of the Bolivarian Army.
Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, confirmed on Monday the country’s defense minister, Vladimir Padrino López, while announcing changes to the General Staff of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB).
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«I ordered changes in the Superior Staff of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces: I ratified the (general in chief) GJ Vladimir Padrino López as Minister of People’s Power for Defense, and the GJ Domingo Antonio Hernández Lárez to head of Strategic Operational Command», the president stressed in his Telegram channel.
The changes he decreed include the appointment of Major-General Johan Alexander Hernández Lárez, who will assume the functions of commander of the Bolivarian Army.
Admiral Ashraf Andel Hadi Suleiman Gutierrez will henceforth assume the duties of commander of the Navy.
In the Bolivarian Military Aviation, Major General Lenín Lorenzo Ramírez Villasmil was appointed and Elio Ramón Estrada Paredes was confirmed as head of the National Guard Command.
Orlando Ramón Romero Bolívar will be the head of the Bolivarian Militia, and will lead the general directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM) and the Presidential Honor Guard, led by Major-General Javier Marcano Tábata.
In addition, the president appointed Alexis Rodríguez Cabello, who will head the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN).
Other changes were:
Commands of the Strategic Integral Defense Region (REDI):
- Pedro Esteban González Ovalles
- José Gregorio Martínez Campos
- Royman Antonio Hernández Briceño
- Jesús Rafael Villamizar Gómez
- Dilio Guillermo Rodríguez Díaz
- Wilfredo Alexander Medrano Machado
- José Rafael Hernández Abchi
- Juan Ernesto Sulbarán Quintero (ratified).
It is worth remembering that these changes take place two months after the victory of Maduro in the presidential elections held on July 28.
In addition, in August, he decreed changes in his executive cabinet, appointing 16 new ministers.
In line with this, in the program Maduro + on Monday, the president assured that “Venezuela has a military power that defends it… revolutionary patriot Bolivarian and increasingly Chavista, anti-Ligarchic, anti-surname”.
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Fuente: teleSURtv