Carmen Meléndez
Carmen Meléndez | |
|---|---|
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| Governor of Lara | |
| Assumed office 16 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Henri Falcón |
| Chief of Staff to the President of Venezuela | |
| In office 10 March 2015 – 8 September 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Carlos Osorio |
| Succeeded by | Jesús Salazar |
| Minister of Interior and Justice | |
| In office 25 October 2014 – 9 March 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Miguel Rodríguez Torres |
| Succeeded by | Gustavo González López |
| Minister of Defense | |
| In office 2013–2014 | |
| President | Nicolás Maduro |
| Preceded by | Diego Molero |
| Succeeded by | Vladimir Padrino López |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 November 1961 Barinas, Venezuela |
| Political party | United Socialist Party of Venezuela |
Carmen Teresa Meléndez Rivas (born 3 November 1961) is a Venezuelan politician and Navy admiral. She was Minister of Interior and Justice from 25 October 2014 to 9 March 2015,[1] and Chief of Staff in President Nicolás Maduro's cabinet for nearly six months from March to September 2015.
Political career
Meléndez was the Deputy Minister of Education of the Ministry of Defense.[2] On July 3, 2012, the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, promoted her to the rank of Vice Admiral.[3] Melendez was the first Venezuelan woman to receive this distinction in after being named Commander of General Staff of the Bolivarian Armed Forces.[4] On 13 October, she was named Minister of People's Power of the Office by President Hugo Chavez and confirmed by national decree on 15 October.[5] On 21 April 2013, during a national radio and television, she was reaffirmed as Minister of Management the Bolivarian Government of Venezuela for the government of Nicolas Maduro.[6] On 3 July 2013 the president of the republic amounts to admiral in chief and July 5, 2013 the appointed Minister of Defense, the first woman to hold both charges in the history of Venezuela.[7]
Sanctions
On 9 August 2017, the United States Department of the Treasury placed sanctions on Meléndez for her position in the 2017 Constituent Assembly of Venezuela where she is tasked with the street government command.[8]
Months later on 22 September 2017, Canada sanctioned Meléndez due to alleged "rupture of Venezuela's constitutional order."[9][10]
On 29 March 2018, Meléndez was sanctioned by the Panamanian government for her alleged involvement with "money laundering, financing of terrorism and financing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction".[11]
References
- ^ Carmen Meléndez es la nueva ministra de la Defensa
- ^ Ojeda Ruiz, Yasmín (10 October 2012). "Dos zulianos entran al gabinete de Chávez". La Verdad. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ Vanessa Haces Gonzatti (15 October 2012). "Las nuevas joyitas". Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ "Entrevista a la ministra y almiranta Carmen Meléndez". 19 November 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ "Oficializados nombramientos de nuevos ministros del Poder Popular". VTV. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ Delgado, Elkis (22 April 2013). "Nuevo gabinete de Maduro ratifica a diecisiete nombres". El Universal. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ^ EFE (6 July 2013). "Maduro reestructura la cúpula militar y nombra a una mujer ministra de Defensa". Retrieved 6 July 2013.
- ^ "Treasury Sanctions Eight Individuals Involved in Venezuela's Illegitimate Constituent Assembly". United States Department of the Treasury. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "Venezuela sanctions". Government of Canada. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Canada sanctions 40 Venezuelans with links to political, economic crisis". The Globe and Mail. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Estos son los 55 "rojitos" que Panamá puso en la mira por fondos dudosos | El Cooperante". El Cooperante (in European Spanish). 2018-03-29. Retrieved 2018-04-01.