| Gustavo Rangel Briceño | |
| Order3: | Minister of Defense |
| Predecessor3: | Raúl Baduel |
| Successor3: | Ramón Carrizalez |
| Term Start3: | January 2008 |
| Term End3: | March 2009 |
| Birth Date: | 16 August 1956 |
| 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.[1]
He was born in the city of Maracaibo on 16 August 1956. He graduated from the Venezuelan Academy of Military Sciences in 1978, and has a degree on mechanical engineering, in which he achieved the cum laude distinction.