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On 3 January 2007 PresidentHugo Chávez announced that Rodríguez would be the next vice president, replacing José Vicente Rangel.[4] He was sworn in on 8 January, two days before Chávez's swearing in for his next term as president.[citation needed]
Rodríguez studied medicine at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV); he was the president of the Federation of University Centers in 1988. After graduating, he studied psychiatry at the UCV and community clinical psychology at the Andrés Bello Catholic University.[4]
He headed the government's campaign in favor of a group of constitutional amendments in the December 2007 referendum. Following the defeat of the referendum, Chávez announced on 3 January 2008 that he was replacing Rodríguez with Ramón Carrizales, previously the Minister of Housing. Chávez said that Rodríguez would concentrate on developing the new United Socialist Party of Venezuela.[5]
In January 2019, Rodríguez was one of over 200 people with a "close relationship and support for the Nicolás Maduro regime", who were banned from entering the Colombia.[8][9]
United States
The United States sanctioned Rodriguez on 25 September 2018 for his efforts in solidifying President Maduro's power in Venezuela.[10]
Personal life
His father, Jorge Antonio Rodríguez, was a leader in the Socialist League of Venezuela. He was arrested in 1976 as a suspect in the kidnapping by guerrillas of William Frank Niehous [es], vice-president of the Owens-Illinois Venezuela, and tortured to death by the police. [11][12] His sister, Delcy Rodríguez, has also served as a senior official during the Maduro administration.[13]
^"Maduro encabeza lista de 200 venezolanos que no pueden entrar al país" [Maduro tops list of 200 Venezuelans who can not enter the country]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 30 January 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019. Inicialmente serían más de 200 las personas incluidas dentro de esta lista de posibles inadmitidos por Colombia, dada su estrecha relación y apoyo al régimen de Nicolás Maduro
