Tareck El Aissami

Tareck El Aissami
طارق العيسمي
El Aissami in 2016
Minister of Petroleum
In office
27 April 2020 – 20 March 2023
PresidentNicolás Maduro
Preceded byManuel Quevedo
Minister of Industries and National Production
In office
14 June 2018 – 19 August 2021
PresidentNicolás Maduro
Vice President of Venezuela
In office
4 January 2017 – 14 June 2018
PresidentNicolás Maduro
Preceded byAristóbulo Istúriz
Succeeded byDelcy Rodríguez
Governor of Aragua
In office
27 December 2012 – 4 January 2017
Preceded byRafael Isea
Succeeded byCaryl Bertho
Minister of Interior and Justice
In office
8 September 2008 – 13 October 2012
Preceded byRamón Rodríguez Chacín
Succeeded byNéstor Reverol
Personal details
Born
Tareck Zaidan El Aissami Maddah

(1974-11-12) 12 November 1974 (age 49)
El Vigía, Mérida, Venezuela
Political partyPSUV (2007–2023)
SpouseRudy Amer de El Aissami
Children2
RelativesHaifa El Aissami (sister)
Shibli al-Aysami (great-uncle)
Alma materUniversity of the Andes
ProfessionPolitician

Tareck Zaidan El Aissami Maddah (Spanish pronunciation: [taˈɾek ˈsajðan el ajˈsami ˈmaða]; born 12 November 1974)[1] is a Venezuelan politician, who served as the vice president of Venezuela from 2017 to 2018. He served as Minister of Industries and National Production since 14 June 2018, and as Minister of Petroleum from 27 April 2020 until 20 March 2023.[2] He previously was Minister of the Interior and Justice from 2008 to 2012, Governor of Aragua from 2012 to 2017, and the vice president of Venezuela from 2017 to 2018. While holding that office, El Aissami faced allegations of participating in corruption, money laundering and drug trafficking.[3] In 2019, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) added El Aissami to the ICE Most Wanted List, listed by the Homeland Security Investigations unit.[4] El Aissami, who was among the power brokers in Nicolás Maduro's government, resigned on 20 March 2023 during a corruption probe.[5] He was arrested by the Venezuelan prosecutor's office on charges of treason, money laundering and criminal association.

  1. ^ "Biografía: Tareck El Aissami" (in Spanish). United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). Archived from the original on 28 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Venezuela oil minister resigns as Maduro cracks down on corruption".
  3. ^ "US accuses Venezuelan vice-president of role in global drug trafficking". The Guardian. Associated Press. 13 February 2017. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  4. ^ "ICE: Former Venezuelan VP among 10 most wanted fugitives". Associated Press. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Venezuela Oil Minister Resigns Amid Widening Corruption Probe".

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