Tareck El Aissami

Tareck El Aissami (2016)

Tareck Zaidan El Aissami Maddah (born November 12, 1974 in El Vigía , Mérida ) is a Venezuelan politician. He is a nephew of the Syrian politician Shibli al-Aysami .

Life

On September 8, 2008, Tareck El Aissami was appointed Minister of the Interior and Justice at the age of 33 under the presidency of Hugo Chávez . Before that he was Deputy Minister for Public Security and Member of Parliament. On December 16, 2012, Tareck El Aissami was elected governor of the state of Aragua with 55.56% . He is a member of the national board of the governing party Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV).

In January 2017, El Aissami was appointed Vice President by Venezuelan President Maduro. As a result, on February 13, 2017, the Office of Foreign Assets Control , under the United States Treasury Department , accepted El Aissami in its sanctions program for Venezuela because he was allegedly involved in drug trafficking. The NZZ reports that "he was said to have organized cocaine transports on a large scale from Colombia via Venezuela to Mexico and the USA, and had contacts with the Los Zetas drug cartel in Mexico". Americans who do business with him face fines of up to US $ 5 million or up to 30 years in prison.

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Chávez Turns to Venezuela Crime with New Council. In: Latin American Herald Tribune
^ ABN, September 9, 2008, Tareck El Aissami se desempeñará como nuevo titular del MIJ
↑ CNE, Divulgación Regionales 2012
↑ Treasury Sanctions Prominent Venezuelan Drug Trafficker Tareck El Aissami and His Primary Frontman Samark Lopez Bello. US Department of the Treasury, February 13, 2017, accessed February 14, 2017 .
↑ Alexander Busch: Venezuela threatens the biggest bankruptcy in world history . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . November 10, 2017, ISSN 0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed December 4, 2017]).

personal data
SURNAME	Aissami, Tareck El
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Aissami Maddah, Tareck Zaidan El
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Venezuelan politician; Interior minister
DATE OF BIRTH	November 12, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH	El Vigía , Merida

[1] Chávez Turns to Venezuela Crime with New Council. In: Latin American Herald Tribune

[2] ABN, September 9, 2008, Tareck El Aissami se desempeñará como nuevo titular del MIJ

[3] CNE, Divulgación Regionales 2012

[4] Treasury Sanctions Prominent Venezuelan Drug Trafficker Tareck El Aissami and His Primary Frontman Samark Lopez Bello. US Department of the Treasury, February 13, 2017, accessed February 14, 2017 .

[5] Alexander Busch: Venezuela threatens the biggest bankruptcy in world history . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . November 10, 2017, ISSN 0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed December 4, 2017]).