Preceded by Nicolas Maduro Name Jorge Arreaza Religion Roman Catholicism | Nationality Venezuelan Preceded by Office created | |
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Full Name Jorge Alberto Arreaza Monserrat Born 6 June 1973 (age 50)
Caracas ( 1973-06-06 ) Political party United Socialist Party of Venezuela Role Vice President of Venezuela Spouse Rosa Virginia Chavez (m. 2007) Office Vice President of Venezuela since 2013 Party United Socialist Party of Venezuela Similar People Elias Jaua, Diosdado Cabello, Nicolas Maduro, Hugo Chavez, Cilia Flores | ||
Succeeded by Manuel Fernandez Melendez | ||
Venezuelan vice president jorge arreaza makes official visit to china
Jorge Alberto Arreaza Montserrat ([ˈxorxe alˈberto areˈasa monseˈra(t)]) (born 6 June 1973) is a Venezuelan politician who has held several important positions in the administration of President Hugo Chávez and his successor Nicolás Maduro. He is currently Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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- Jorge arreaza crime rates falling in venezuela
- Education and early career
- Political career
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Jorge arreaza crime rates falling in venezuela
Education and early career
Born in Caracas, Jorge Arreaza received a degree in international studies from the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) and was awarded a scholarship by the Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho Foundation during the 1990s, which allowed him to earn a master's degree in European Policy Studies at University of Cambridge, England. At UCV, he also worked as a journalist and university teacher, in addition to working as an announcer and interviewer on several public television venues in Venezuela, and as host of the television show Diálogo abierto.
Political career
Arreaza was appointed Vice President of Venezuela and served from 2013 to 2016. He previously served as Minister of Science and Technology from 2011 to 2013. He became Chavez's son-in-law in 2007, after marrying Chavez's eldest daughter, Rosa Virginia. Throughout the final stages of Chavez's illness, Arreaza served as unofficial spokesman of the Chavez family.
Arreaza has dismissed the opposition criticisms that the government is using the army to promote an ideology, which is against the 1999 constitution, saying "the military are Chávez-militants who will guarantee the socialist model in Venezuela".
