Gustavo Rangel Briceño

{{short description|Venezuelan politician}}

{{BLP sources|date=April 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name= Gustavo Rangel Briceño

| image =

| imagesize = 150px |

| order3= Minister of Defense

| predecessor3 = Raúl Baduel

| successor3 = Ramón Carrizalez

| term_start3= January 2008

| term_end3=March 2009

| birth_date={{Birth date and age|1956|08|16|df=y}}

| birth_place=Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela

| party= United Socialist Party of Venezuela

}}

Gustavo Rangel Briceño (born 1956 in Maracaibo) is a Venezuelan military officer. He was Minister of Defense from January 2008 to March 2009.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2007-07-07 |title=Chávez nombra nuevo ministro de Defensa al general Rangel Briceño, tras la retirada del anterior |url=https://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-venezuela-chavez-nombra-nuevo-ministro-defensa-general-rangel-briceno-retirada-anterior-20070707074455.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=Europa Press |language=es}}