Ramón Rodríguez Chacín
| Ramon Rodriguez Chacín | |
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| Governor of Guarico | |
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Assumed office December 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Luis Gallardo |
| Minister of Interior and Justice | |
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In office January 2002 – May 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Luis Miquilena |
| Succeeded by | Diosdado Cabello |
| Minister of Interior and Justice | |
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In office January 2008 – September 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Pedro Carreño |
| Succeeded by | Tarek El Aissami |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 9, 1951 |
Ramón Rodríguez Chacín (born November 9, 1951) is a Venezuelan politician. A retired naval officer, he was Minister of the Interior and Justice in 2002, and again in 2008. He took part in the November 1992 coup attempt.
Rodríguez Chacín specialized in counter-insurgency and counter-intelligence tactics while serving in the military of Venezuela. He graduated from the Venezuelan Naval School in 1970.
Rodríguez Chacín was one of the founders of the Comando Específico José Antonio Páez (Cejap), an elite group of police and military forces intended to fight Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and National Liberation Army (Colombia) (ELN) guerrillas.
On November 27, 1992, Rodriguez Chacín was involved in the November 1992 attempted coup d'état (not to be confused with Hugo Chávez' February 1992 attempted coup). Rodríguez Chacín was jailed and served two years on charges of treason and rebellion.
With the election of Hugo Chávez as president of Venezuela in 1999, Rodríguez Chacín worked as his intelligence chief.
Rodriguez Chacín was Minister of the Interior in 2002 (from January), being replaced in May 2002 by Diosdado Cabello.
In 2007 Rodríguez Chacín played a key role in organizing Operation Emmanuel, designed to fly into Colombia and receive three Colombian hostages held by the FARC in the jungles as part of a plan to push the Colombian government for a humanitarian exchange of hostages for prisoners.
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