Editing Government of Venezuela (section)

==Executive power ==
The [[President of Venezuela|president]] is elected by a [[plurality vote]] with direct and universal [[suffrage]] for a six-year term.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Venezuela – The World Factbook|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/venezuela/|access-date=2021-07-30|website=cia.gov}}</ref> A president may be re-elected perpetually (only in consecutive terms) as of 15 February 2009. The president appoints the [[Vice President of Venezuela|Vice President]].
[[File: Palacio de Miraflores (2015).jpg|thumb|The [[Miraflores Palace]] is the seat of the Venezuelan Government, where the official office of the President of Venezuela is located.]]
The president decides the size and composition of the [[Cabinet (government)|cabinet]] and makes appointments to it with the involvement{{Clarify|date=November 2008}}<!-- approval or not? --> of the [[National Assembly of Venezuela|National Assembly]].

{{Cabinet of Venezuela}}

Former ministries include the [[Venezuelan Ministry of Infrastructure]], which became the "Ministry of Public Works and Housing" and was split into the [[Ministry of Transport and Communications (Venezuela)|Ministry of Transport and Communications]] and the Ministry of Housing & Habitat in June 2010. The Ministry of Popular Economy became the "Ministry of Communal Economy" in 2007, and was merged into the Ministry of Communes and Social Protection on 3 March 2009, along with the Ministry of Participation and Social Protection. In February 2010 the Ministry of Planning and Development was merged with the Ministry of Finance to form the [[Ministry of Economy and Finance (Venezuela)|Ministry of Planning and Finance]].