Carmen Melendez Teresa Rivas
| Carmen Meléndez | |
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| Chief of Staff to the President of Venezuela | |
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In office 10 March 2015 – 8 September 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Carlos Osorio |
| Succeeded by | Jesús Salazar |
| Minister of Interior and Justice | |
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In office 25 October 2014 – 9 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Miguel Rodríguez Torres |
| Succeeded by | Gustavo González López |
| Minister of Defense | |
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In office 2013–2014 |
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| President | Nicolás Maduro |
| Preceded by | Diego Molero |
| Succeeded by | Vladimir Padrino López |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
3 November 1961 Barinas, Venezuela |
| Political party | United Socialist Party of Venezuela |
Carmen Teresa Meléndez Rivas (born 3 November 1961) is a Venezuelan politician and Navy admiral. She was Minister of Interior and Justice from 25 October 2014 to 9 March 2015, and Chief of Staff in President Nicolás Maduro's cabinet for nearly six months from March to September 2015.
Melendez was the Deputy Minister of Education of the Ministry of Defense. On July 3, 2012, the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, promoted her to the rank of Vice Admiral. Melendez was the first Venezuelan woman to receive this distinction in after being named Commander of General Staff of the Bolivarian Armed Forces. On 13 October, she was named Minister of People's Power of the Office by President Hugo Chavez and confirmed by national decree on 15 October. On 21 April 2013, during a national radio and television, she was reaffirmed as Minister of Management the Bolivarian Government of Venezuela for the government of Nicolas Maduro. On 3 July 2013 the president of the republic amounts to admiral in chief and July 5, 2013 the appointed Minister of Defense, the first woman to hold both charges in the history of Venezuela.
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