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Tareck Zaidan El-Aissami Maddah

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Tareck Zaidan El-Aissami Maddah is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	EL AISSAMI MADDAH, Tareck Zaidan · El Aissami Maddah, Tareck Zaidan · Tareck El Aissami · Tareck Zaidan EL AISSAMI MADDAH · Tareck Zaidan EL-AISSAMI MADDAH · 12 more...				[sources]
Other name	Tareck EL AISSAMI · Tareck El Aissami · Tareck El Aissami/Tarek El Aissami · Tareck Zaidan El Aissami Maddah · Tarek EL AISSAMI · 3 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1974-11-12				[sources]
Place of birth	El Vigia, Merida, Venezuela · Mérida · Venezuela				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Venezuela				[sources]
Citizenship	Venezuela				[sources]
Description	Age: · Skin tone: Light Brown				[sources]
Eye color	Brown				[sources]
First name	Tareck · Tareck Zaidan · Tarek				[sources]
Hair color	Black/gray				[sources]
Height	6' 2"				[sources]
ID Number	`12.354.211`				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	EL AISSAMI · EL AISSAMI MADDAH · EL-AISSAMI MADDAH · EL‐AISSAMI MADDAH · El-Aissami Maddah				[sources]
Middle name	Zaidan				[sources]
Passport number	`C1668015`				[sources]
Second name	Zaidan				[sources]
Summary	In February 2017, the U.S Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Controls (OFAC) designated Tareck Zaidan El Aissami, a Venezuelan citizen, as a specially designated narcotics trafficker (SDNT) pursuant to the Kingpin Act for playing a significant role in international narcotics trafficking. El Aissami was appointed Executive Vice President of Venezuela in January 2017. He previously served as Governor of Venezuela's Aragua state from 2012 to 2017, as well as Venezuela's Minister of Interior and Justice starting in 2008. He facilitated shipments of narcotics from Venezuela, to include control over planes that left from a Venezuelan air base and drug routes through the ports in Venezuela. In his previous positions, he oversaw or partially owned narcotics shipments of more than 1,000 kilograms from Venezuela on multiple occasions, including those with the final destinations of Mexico and the United States.				[sources]
Website	tareck.psuv.org.ve				[sources]
Weight	190 lbs				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q506399				[sources]
Position	Ancien ministre du pouvoir populaire du pétrole ainsi que de l’industrie et de la production nationales · Ancien vice-président de l'économie. Ancien ministre du pouvoir populaire du pétrole ainsi que de l'industrie et de la production nationales. · Ancien vice-président de l’économie · Executive Vice President; Former Governor of Aragua State · Former Minister of Industry and National Production · 13 more...				[sources]
Education	University of the Andes				[sources]
Religion	Druzism				[sources]
Address	Caracas, Venezuela				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov · www.ice.gov				[sources]
Last change	2024-11-29	Last processed	2024-12-17	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Former Vice President of Economy and former Minister of the Popular Power of Petroleum as well as National Industry and Production. As the former Vice President of Venezuela with oversight of the direction of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN), Tareck El-Aissami is responsible for the serious human rights violations carried out by the organisation, including arbitrary detentions, politically motivated investigations, inhuman and degrading treatment, and torture. He is also responsible for supporting and implementing policies and activities which undermine democracy and the rule of law, including the prohibition of public demonstrations, and heading President Maduro’s “anti-coup command” which has targeted civil society and the democratic opposition.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-11-28

Ancien vice-président de l’économie et ancien ministre du pouvoir populaire du pétrole ainsi que de l’industrie et de la production nationales. En sa qualité d’ancien vice-président du Venezuela contrôlant la direction du Service de renseignement national bolivarien (SEBIN), Tareck El-Aissami est responsable des graves violations des droits de l’homme commises par cette organisation, dont des détentions arbitraires, des enquêtes motivées par des considérations politiques, des traitements inhumains et dégradants, et des actes de torture. Il est également responsable d’avoir soutenu et mis en œuvre des mesures et activités portant atteinte à la démocratie et à l’État de droit, y compris l’interdiction de manifestations publiques, et d’avoir dirigé le “commandement anti-coup d’État” du président Maduro, dont la société civile et l’opposition démocratique ont été les cibles.

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2023-11-14

Vice President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

— UK FCDO Sanctions List, 2024-05-09

Vice President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

— UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets, 2023-04-20

Wanted For: NarcoticsWanted Category: Homeland Security InvestigationsWanted Status: Crime Details: Wanted for narcotics

— US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Most Wanted Fugitives, 2024-07-16

Venezuelan politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Haifa El Aissami Close Associate	sibling	-	-
Shibli al-Aysami Politician	relative · uncle	-	-

Identifications
Document number	Country	Type	Start date	End date
`12.354.211`	Venezuela	Identification Number	-	-
`C1668015`	Venezuela	Passport	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Chamber of Deputies of Venezuela	2006	2007
Minister of People's Power of Petroleum	2020-04-27	2023-03-23
Vice President of Venezuela	2017-01-04	2018-06-14
Vice President of Venezuela	2017-01-04	2018-06-14
National Assembly	2006-01-01	2007-01-01
Minister of People's Power of Petroleum	2020-04-27	2023-03-23

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 28 March 2018 on measures against Venezuela (RS 946.231.178.5), Annex 1	2018-07-10	-
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 2018/889 du 25/06/2018 (UE Venezuela - R (UE) 2017/2063) · (UE) 2019/1169 du 08/07/2019 (UE Venezuela - R (UE) 2017/2063) · (UE) 2020/1696 du 12/11/2020 (UE Venezuela - R (UE) 2017/2063) · (UE) 2023/2500 du 10/11/2023 (UE Venezuela - R (UE) 2017/2063)	-	-
Global Affairs Canada	Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Regulations (JVCFOR) / Règlement relatif à la justice pour les victimes de dirigeants étrangers corrompus (RJVDEC)	-	-
Federal Public Service Finance	VEN	2023-11-14	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Venezuela	2020-12-31	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
Council of the European Union	-	-	-
Global Affairs Canada	Venezuela	-	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Venezuela (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2020-12-31	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	VEN	2023-11-14	-

Data sources

Monaco National Fund Freezing List5,230

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures

Monaco · Monaco

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories430,284

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List4,428

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,433

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,541

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · DG FISMA

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Most Wanted Fugitives39

The Most Wanted Fugitives published by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

United States · ICE

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List33,376

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,602

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Belgium · FOD

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons248,547

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

French National Asset Freezing System5,253

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · DGT

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,295

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)21,254

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,765

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,171

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Council

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata382,687

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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