serviceyears branch birth_place allegiance party office birth_date term_start rank image article_title name alma_mater
1984 & nbsp ; -- present 24px venezuelan army caracas , venezuela venezuela psuv minister of defense 30 may 1963 24 october 2014 60px general-in-chief vladimir padrino lópez.jpg vladimir padrino lópez
 vladimir padrino lópez military academy of venezuela -lrb- 1984 -rrb-
vladimir padrino lópez

vladimir padrino lópez is the current minister of defense for the national armed forces of the bolivarian republic of venezuela .
