Editing Diosdado Cabello (section)

== Early life and education ==
Diosdado Cabello was born in [[El Furrial]], in the state of [[Monagas State|Monagas]].<ref name=VP/> In 1987, he graduated second in his class from the [[:es:Academia Militar del Ejército Bolivariano|Venezuelan Military Academy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.controlciudadano.org/documentos/getbindata.php?docid=529&fieldname=documento|title=Promociones de oficiales del Ejército venezolano graduados entre 1911–2001|access-date=4 May 2019|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107103706/http://www.controlciudadano.org/documentos/getbindata.php?docid=529&fieldname=documento|url-status=dead}}</ref> His measured intelligence quotient ([[IQ]]) was ranked as the fifth-highest among all students in the institution's history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-15792019|title=Diosdado, el poder detrás del poder en Venezuela|last=Lares Martiz|first=Valentina|date=20 May 2015|website=El Tiempo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.controlciudadano.org/noticias/detalle.php?&notid=9807|title=Diosdado Cabello se perfila como el heredero del chavismo|last=Núñez|first=Rogelio|date=2012|website=Asociación Civil Control Ciudadano}} {{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Así paga el Diablo...a quien bien le sirve|last=Gómez Velásquez|first=Berenice|publisher=Urru|year=2003|location=Link to digital version: <www.urru.org/papers/ASI_PAGA_EL_DIABLO_A_QUIEN_BIEN_LE_SIRVE.PDF>|pages=105}}</ref> His background is in engineering. He has an undergraduate degree in systems engineering from the [[Instituto Universitario Politécnico de las Fuerzas Armadas Nacionales]] and a graduate degree in engineering project management from the [[Andrés Bello Catholic University]].<ref name=VP />