he regarded Rangel "with the same respect and affection as a son would a father", but did not explain the reasoning behind the decision. At the swearing in ceremony for the new cabinet on 8 January, Rangel said that he was leaving the government, but not the revolution. He and Rodríguez exchanged praise, with the latter saying that Rangel was the first person he had ever voted for, in the 1983 election. Personal life and death Rangel was the author of Expediente Negro, an investigation of human rights violations in Venezuela in the 1960s and 1970s. His son, José Vicente Rangel Ávalos, has also been involved in Venezuelan politics, having been mayor of the Sucre District in Caracas. Rangel died of cardiac arrest on 18 December 2020. He was 91 years old. Books Expediente Negro, Caracas: Editorial Fuentes, 1972 Tiempo de Verdades, Caracas: Ediciones Centauro, 1973 – a selection of Rangel's press contributions Rangel et al., Militares y política (una polėmica inconclusa), Caracas: Ediciones Centauro, 1976 Seguridad, defensa, democracia: Un tema para cíviles y militares, Caracas: Ediciones Centauro, 1980 Socialismo y Democracia La Administración de Justicia en Venezuela See also Vice President of Venezuela List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela References 1929 births 2020 deaths Politicians from Caracas Vice presidents of Venezuela Venezuelan Ministers of Defense Venezuelan Ministers of Foreign Affairs Members of the Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies Venezuelan journalists 20th-century Venezuelan lawyers Democratic Republican Union politicians Movement for Socialism (Venezuela) politicians Members of the Venezuelan Constituent Assembly of 1999