Francisco Gómez is a

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

n politician. He was governor of Bolívar state. In the

2008 Venezuelan regional elections The 2008 regional elections of Venezuela were held on 23 November 2008 to choose 22 governors and 2 metropolitan mayors. The candidates were selected for a term beginning in 2008 and ending in 2012, when the next regional electio ...

he won 67% of the vote, against

Andrés Velásquez Andrés Velásquez is a Venezuelan politician of the Radical Cause (''La Causa Radical'') party. Formerly the general secretary of the steelworkers union of SIDOR, he became one of the leaders of Radical Cause after the death of its founder, Alf ...

' 30%. He was previously president of the Corporacion Venezolana de Guayana (CVG).

Career

While on the negotiation commission to resolve the 15-month-long dispute at Sidor, Rangel ordered the National Guard to fire on protesting Sidor workers." In April 2008, President

Hugo Chávez Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (; 28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician who was president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013, except for a brief period in 2002. Chávez was also leader of the Fifth Republ ...

ordered SIDOR to be nationalised.

Sanctions

Rangel has been sanctioned by several countries. In November 2017, the

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sanctioned Rangel Gómez as being someone who participated in "significant acts of corruption or who have been involved in serious violations of human rights". On January 6, 2018 the US Department of State issued sanctions against Francisco Rangel Gómez and 3 other officials of the Venezuelan government for their alleged links with corruption networks. In March 2018, Panama sanctioned 55 public officials, including Rangel Gómez. Also a
Panama Economic and Finance Ministry

References

Living people Governors of Bolívar (state) United Socialist Party of Venezuela politicians People of the Crisis in Venezuela Year of birth missing (living people) People of the 1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempts {{Venezuela-politician-stub