Colonel (r) Ramon Carrizalez resigned east Monday to the Vice-presidency of the Republic, position that carried out from the 2008, and to the Ministry of the Defense, office which he took in March of the 2009, alleging personal reasons. The minister of the Atmosphere, Yubirí Grouse, wife of Carrizalez, also presented/displayed her resignation to national Head of State. The minister of White Information Eckhout said to the country that president Hugo Chavez accepted.

Carrizalez was vice-president from 2008 and minister of Defense from March of 2009. AP/Archivo photo

“The exit does not take place by any discrepancy in government decisions and any version different from the argued thing to resign is false and tendentious”, it adds the note.

The resignation was accepted by president Hugo Chavez, announced the night of Monday the minister of White Information Eckhout, in a brief declaration to official television transmitter VTV.

“I inform to Him to the country that president Hugo Chavez accepted the resignation that presented/displayed for strictly personal reasons executive vice-president Ramon Carrizalez”, it declared.

Chávez was thankful for “the commitment that maintained during all their management the vice-president”, affirmed.

From Saturday they had sounded rumors on the exit of the government of Carrizalez by supposed differences with the Chief of State.

Next to the vice-president and holder of Defense, the wife of Carrizalez presented/displayed her resignation to president Hugo Chavez and until today minister for the Atmosphere, Yubirí Grouse.

Both are writing up acts of delivery of their positions and in the hope of “new appointments”, according to this text.

Carrizalez, of 59 years, is a distant colonel who have held diverse positions in the government of Chávez, like the Infrastructure ministry or the one of House and Habitat.