The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( es, Ministerio del Poder Popular para Relaciones Exteriores; literally ''Ministry of People's Power for Foreign Affairs'') is one of the organizations that make up the executive cabinet of the Venezuelan government.
Among the main functions of this ministry is to promote, organize and plan policies abroad for Venezuela.
The ministry is a body directly dependent on the orders of the
president of Venezuela
The president of Venezuela ( es, Presidente de Venezuela), officially known as the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, Presidente de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is the head of state and head of government in Ven ...
. Its official headquarters are located in the
Yellow House, in front of
Bolívar Square. Its administrative headquarters on Avenida Urdaneta, Torre MRE (former headquarters of the defunct National Discount Bank).
Departments
*Vice Ministry for Africa
*Vice Ministry for Latin America
*Vice Ministry for North America
*Vice Ministry for Asia, the Middle East and Oceania
*Vice Ministry for the Caribbean
*Vice Ministry for Europe
*Vice Ministry for Economy and International Cooperation
*Vice Ministry for International Communication
*Vice Ministry for Multilateral Affairs.
Ministers
See also
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Foreign relations of Venezuela
The foreign relations of Venezuela had since the early twentieth century been particularly strong with the United States. However, since the election of Hugo Chávez as President of Venezuela in 1998, Venezuela's foreign policy differed sub ...
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Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
Foreign
Foreign may refer to:
Government
* Foreign policy, how a country interacts with other countries
* Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in many countries
** Foreign Office, a department of the UK government
** Foreign office and foreign minister
* Unit ...
Foreign relations of Venezuela