Aristóbulo Iztúriz

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In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal surname
is Istúriz and the second or maternal family name is Almeida.

Aristóbulo Istúriz
Constituent Assembly
In office
4 August 2017 – 17 August 2017
PresidentDelcy Rodríguez
Succeeded byElvis Amoroso[1]
Tania Díaz
Vice President of Venezuela
In office
6 January 2016 – 4 January 2017
PresidentNicolás Maduro
Preceded byJorge Arreaza
Succeeded byTareck El Aissami
Governor of Anzoátegui
In office
2012–2016
Preceded byTarek William Saab
Succeeded byNelson Moreno
Personal details
Born
Aristóbulo Istúriz Almeida

(1946-12-20)20 December 1946
Curiepe, Miranda, Venezuela
Died27 April 2021(2021-04-27) (aged 74)
Caracas, Venezuela
Political partyUnited Socialist Party of Venezuela
Alma materPedagogic Institute of Caracas

Aristóbulo Istúriz Almeida (20 December 1946 – 27 April 2021)

vice president of Venezuela
(from January 2016 to January 2017).

Life and career

Istúriz Almeida was a professor at the Centro de Estudios del Desarrollo (CENDES) of the

Libertador Municipality of Caracas on 6 December 1992, serving in that post until 2 January 1996. After finishing his term as mayor (having lost his re-election bid to Antonio Ledezma), he became co-presenter of the Globovisión television show Blanco y Negro.[citation needed
]

In 1997, together with other ex-Radical Cause members, he co-founded

Minister of Education in Chávez's government. In 2008 Istúriz was the pro-Chávez Patriotic Alliance's candidate for Mayor of Caracas; he was narrowly defeated.[4] He was leader of the Venezuelan teachers' association SUMA for a time.[3]

In the 2012 regional elections, he was elected Governor of Anzoátegui.[5]

On 6 January 2016, President Nicolás Maduro appointed Istúriz as Vice President of Venezuela.[6] He remained in office for one year, until Tareck El Aissami was appointed to succeed him on 4 January 2017.[7] In October 2017, Istúriz ran again for governor of Anzoátegui. He lost to MUD/AD candidate Antonio Barreto Sira.[8]

Death

Istúriz died on 27 April 2021, following complications from

open-heart surgery.[9]

Controversy

Sanctions

Canada sanctioned 40 Venezuelan officials, including Istúriz, in September 2017.[10][11] The sanctions were for behaviors that undermined democracy after at least 125 people were killed in the 2017 Venezuelan protests and "in response to the government of Venezuela's deepening descent into dictatorship"; Chrystia Freeland, Foreign Minister said, "Canada will not stand by silently as the government of Venezuela robs its people of their fundamental democratic rights."[10]

The Canadian regulations of the Special Economic Measures Act prohibited any "person in Canada and any Canadian outside Canada from: dealing in property, wherever situated, that is owned, held or controlled by listed persons or a person acting on behalf of a listed person; entering into or facilitating any transaction related to a dealing prohibited by these Regulations; providing any financial or related services in respect of a dealing prohibited by these Regulations; making available any goods, wherever situated, to a listed person or a person acting on behalf of a listed person; and providing any financial or other related services to or for the benefit of a listed person."[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Elvis Amoroso designado como primer vicepresidente de la ANC". Ultimas Noticias (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  2. Europa Press. 28 April 2021. Archived
    from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b Margarita López-Maya, "The Rise of Causa R in Venezuela", in Douglas A. Chalmers, Carlos M. Vilas, Katherine Hite, Scott B. Martin, Kerianne Piester, Monique Segarra (editors), The New Politics of Inequality in Latin America: Rethinking Participation and Representation, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997, p. 129
  4. ^ "Chávez vence en 17 de 22 estados, pero pierde en gobernaciones clave". 24 November 2008.
  5. ^ Rosenblatt, Emilie (20 December 2012). "Landslide victory as Chávez forces sweep Venezuela elections". Liberation. Party for Socialism and Liberation. Retrieved 28 April 2021. Aristóbulo Istúriz, a leading Afro-Venezuelan activist, educator and current Vice President of the National Assembly, became the next governor of Anzoátegui, in a hotly-contested election.
  6. El Universal
    . 6 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Venezuela names economy czar, oil minister in cabinet shuffle", Reuters, 4 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Divulgación Elecciones Regionales 2017" (in Spanish). Consejo Nacional Electoral. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  9. ^ "Fallece Aristóbulo Istúriz, ministro colaborador de Maduro y Chávez". El Comercio. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Canada imposes sanctions on key Venezuelan officials". CBC Canada. Thomson Reuters. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  11. ^ Zilio, Michelle (22 September 2017). "Canada sanctions 40 Venezuelans with links to political, economic crisis". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 3 April 2019. Also at Punto de Corte and El Nacional
  12. ^ "Canadian sanctions related to Venezuela". Government of Canada. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of
Libertador Municipality

1992–1995 		Succeeded by
Government offices
New office Minister of Education
2001–2007 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by
Tarek Saab
 Governor of Anzoátegui
2012–2016 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Vice President of Venezuela
2016–2017 		Succeeded by
New office Vice President of the
Constituent Assembly of Venezuela

2017 		Succeeded by
Elvis Amoroso
Assembly seats
New office Member of the
Simón Bolívar, Anzoátegui

2017–2021 		Vacant
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