Vladimir Padrino López
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Vladimir Padrino López (born 30 May 1963) is the current Minister of Defense for the National Armed Forces of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Military career
Padrino graduated from the Military Academy of Venezuela on July 5th, 1984. In Rubio, Táchira State, he commanded mortar troops of the Antonio Ricaurte Infantry Battalion. Padrino was sent by the US Army from February to May 1995 for a "Psychological Operations" and "Advanced Officer preparation" course. He was a colonel of the Simon Bolivar Infantry Battalion in Fuerte Tiuna during the 2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt, and remained loyal to Hugo Chávez's government. President Chavez later named him Chief of Joint Staff of the Strategic Defense Central Region Integral.
Padrino became the commander in chief of Venezuelan Armed forces in 2013. Padrino was appointed by President Nicolas Maduro on October 24th as the successor of Carmen Melendez as the Minister of Defense. Currently Padrino and the Minister of People's Defense currently hold the positions of Strategic Operational Commander of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces.
President Nicolás Maduro gave Padrino the power to distribute food and medicine throughout Bolivarian missions, while still having his military command five of Venezuela's key ports, with Maduro reporting: "Meno declared."
General Padrino, perhaps "the second most influential man in Venezuelan politics," as a result of President Maduro's intervention, "the second most influential man in Venezuelan politics." Padrino's appointment was also seen to be similar to the Cuban government's tactic of giving the Cuban military the ability to control Cuba's economy.