Editing Diosdado Cabello (section)

== Personal life ==
His wife, [[Marleny Contreras]], was elected as a member of the National Assembly until she became minister of tourism in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asambleanacional.gov.ve/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38774%3Adiputada-marlenys-contreras-la-mujer-venezolana-es-socialista-y-revolucionaria&catid=1%3Alatest-news&Itemid=246&lang=es|title=Diputada Marlenys Contreras: "La mujer venezolana es Socialista y Revolucionaria"|publisher=Asamblea Nacional|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6DV8hsIvR?url=http://www.asambleanacional.gov.ve/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38774|archive-date=7 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Cabello’s sister, [[Glenna Cabello|Glenna]], is a political scientist and was Counsellor of the Venezuelan Permanent Mission to the [[United Nations]].<ref name="Assembly Hears Report from Sixth Committee">{{Cite web|url=http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail.jsp?id=457/457658|title=Assembly Hears Report from Sixth Committee|date=6 December 2010|publisher=United Nations News and Media|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130107195828/http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail.jsp?id=457%2F457658|archive-date=7 January 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> His brother, [[José David Cabello|José David]], previously minister of infrastructure, is in charge of the nation’s taxes as head of [[SENIAT]], Venezuela’s revenue service.<ref name="BBC-2013b" /> Now José David is also minister of Industries.

On 9 July 2020, Cabello tested positive for [[COVID-19]], during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Venezuela|pandemic in Venezuela]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Venezuelan socialist party leader Diosdado Cabello tests positive for COVID-19|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-argentina-cabello/venezuelan-socialist-party-leader-diosdado-cabello-tests-positive-for-covid-19-idUKKBN24A3EJ|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710042402/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-argentina-cabello/venezuelan-socialist-party-leader-diosdado-cabello-tests-positive-for-covid-19-idUKKBN24A3EJ|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 July 2020|publisher=[[Reuters]]|date=9 July 2020|access-date=9 July 2020}}</ref>