# Delcy Rodríguez is sworn acting president under a TSJ temporary-absence order Date: 2026 ## The fact On 5 January 2026 [Delcy Rodríguez](/people/delcy-rodriguez) was sworn acting president of Venezuela after the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice, sentencia N° 0001-2026 of 3 January 2026, ordered her to assume as encargada all presidential faculties because [Nicolás Maduro](/people/nicolas-maduro)’s absence after the U.S. capture that morning was treated as temporary. Reuters recorded the TSJ order. Nicolás Maduro is the live captured president. This run does not mint a cleaner twin. ## Context She had been vice-president since 2018. [Jorge Rodríguez](/people/jorge-rodriguez) administered the oath. He remains unresolved. She did not sit as every FANB officer. 3 January 2026 capture and TSJ order are parents. 1 April 2026 OFAC lift is a later child. Keep Delcy Rodríguez is sworn acting president under a TSJ temporary-absence order on 2026-01-05 separate from neighbouring 14 June 2018 vice-presidency, 25 September 2018 OFAC SDN, 3 January 2026 capture, 5 January 2026 oath, and 1 April 2026 delisting. The executive vice-president of Venezuela, later acting president by TSJ order, can speak for administrative continuity and for oil licences. She does not sit as every SEBIN officer, as [Cabello](/people/diosdado-cabello)’s interior ministry, as OFAC, or as every PDVSA invoice. Nicolás Maduro is the live captured president; this run does not mint a cleaner twin. ## Evidence and sources Tribunal Supremo de Justicia carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently. ## Significance The path is electoral integrity and transfer: a completed encargada oath without an election, with Maduro kept as legal president. ## What is established and what is not Established: TSJ ordered her to assume as encargada on 3 January 2026; she was sworn on 5 January 2026; the absence was called temporary. Not established: A unique later popular mandate from that oath, or that Maduro ceased to be the TSJ’s legal president. What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions. The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit. She took the oath. Jorge Rodríguez administered it. Maduro is the live captured counterpart.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Delcy Rodríguez is sworn acting president under a TSJ temporary-absence order, not a later speech about Delcy Rodríguez is sworn acting president under a TSJ temporary-absence order. Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Delcy Rodríguez is sworn acting president under a TSJ temporary-absence order on 2026-01-05 is not a licence to treat every later Tribunal Supremo de Justicia communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Delcy Rodríguez is sworn acting president under a TSJ temporary-absence order into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to TSJ ordered. She took the oath. Jorge Rodríguez administered it. Maduro is the live captured counterpart. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series. ## People - Delcy Rodríguez: https://factrail.ai/people/delcy-rodriguez ## Drivers - Delcy Maduro-system enforcer and encargada continuity: https://factrail.ai/drivers/delcy-maduro-system-enforcer - Electoral Integrity and Competitiveness: https://factrail.ai/drivers/electoral-integrity-and-competitiveness - Capacity for Peaceful Transfer of Power: https://factrail.ai/drivers/capacity-for-peaceful-transfer-of-power ## Sources - https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelas-supreme-court-orders-delcy-rodriguez-become-interim-president-2026-01-04/ - https://www.tsj.gob.ve/-/tsj-ordena-a-delcy-rodriguez-asumir-el-cargo-de-presidenta-e-tras-secuestro-del-primer-mandatario ## Methodology https://factrail.ai/methodology Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/ve-delcy-acting-president-2026