Jesse Alonso Chacón Escamillo (born 9 November 1965) 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, engineer, and former military officer. Chacón participated in the
November 1992 coup attempt the second attempted coup of that year, when he took part in the occupation of the station of the state television station channel
Venezolana de Televisión
Corporación Venezolana de Televisión (Spanish for: ''Venezuelan Television Corporation'') or VTV is a state-run television station based in Caracas, Venezuela, which can be seen throughout the capital and surrounding areas on channel 8. Programs ...
(VTV), where several workers of the station were killed.
Two years after the coup, he wa pardoned by president
Rafael Caldera
Rafael Antonio Caldera Rodríguez ( (); 24 January 1916 – 24 December 2009), twice elected the president of Venezuela, served for two five-year terms (1969–1974 and 1994–1999), becoming the longest serving democratically elected leade ...
. During Hugo Chávez's tenure, he served in many high ranking positions, such as minister of communications, minister of interior and justice and minister of electric power.
Education
Jesse Chacón graduated from the Military Academy in 1987 obtaining a degree in Military Arts In 1996 he received his degree in systems engineering from the Polytechnic University of the National Armed Forces (UNEFA). He also completed a postgraduate study in Telematics at the National Institute of Telecommunications in France and the Simón Bolívar University in Caracas.
While holding the rank of lieutenant he participated in the coup d' etat on 27 November 1992 in Venezuela, which followed the coup in February 1992 earlier that year against the government of President
Carlos Andrés Pérez. He took part in the occupation of the station of the state television station channel
Venezolana de Televisión
Corporación Venezolana de Televisión (Spanish for: ''Venezuelan Television Corporation'') or VTV is a state-run television station based in Caracas, Venezuela, which can be seen throughout the capital and surrounding areas on channel 8. Programs ...
(VTV), where several workers of the station were killed.
A military tribunal sentenced him of 22 years of imprisonment, but two years after the coup president Rafael Caldera pardoned the soldiers involved.
Public functions
Chacón was born on 9 November 1965
and studied Military Art and Sciences at the
Military Academy of Venezuela
The Military Academy of the Bolivarian Army (in Spanish ''Academia Militar del Ejército Bolivariano''), historically known as the Military Academy of Venezuela, is an academy to train members of the officer corps of the National Army of the Boli ...
(the 'Instituto Politécnico de la Fuerza Armada Nacional', or Polytechnic Institute of the National Armed Forces).
As a lieutenant in the military, he participated in the
November 1992 attempted coup (the second attempted coup of that year), for which he spent time in jail. He participated in the occupation of the station of the state television station channel
Venezolana de Televisión
Corporación Venezolana de Televisión (Spanish for: ''Venezuelan Television Corporation'') or VTV is a state-run television station based in Caracas, Venezuela, which can be seen throughout the capital and surrounding areas on channel 8. Programs ...
(VTV), where several workers of the station were killed.
In 1999 Chacón worked at the General Administration of Operations of the National Commission of Telecommunications (Conatel) coordinating the working teams that prepared the Organic Law on Telecommunications and the National Plan of Telecommunications. In May 2001 he was appointed General Director of Conatel.
.In July 2003 Jesse Chacón was appointed as the first Minister of Communications. He was Director of Communications for the option of “No” in the campaign for the
recall referendum in 2004.
Chacon acted as Minister of Interior and Justice between 2004 to January 2007, under the presidency of
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 ...
. While in this post he achieved the creation of the
National Commission on Police Reform
The National Commission on Police Reform (Spanish ''Comisión Nacional para la Reforma Policial'', CONAREPOL) was a 2006 Venezuelan national commission which, in consultation with police and local communities, examined law enforcement in Venezuela ...
(CONAREPOL).
On January 9, 2007 Chacón was appointed as Minister of Telecommunications and Informatics. During his administration the Venezuelan State could nationalize the provider company of phone and internet services CANTV, He presided over the closure of television broadcaster
RCTV.
In January 2008 Jesse Chacón was appointed Minister of the Secretariat of the Presidency, where he supported the administration of president Hugo Chávez.
He held the post of Minister of Communications again between December 2008 and April 2009, which was named at the time Ministry of the People's Power for Communication and Information (MINCI). Chacón was the head of Publicity and Propaganda of the Socialist United Party of Venezuela for the option “YES” in the campaign for the constitutional amendment.
In April 2009 Chacón is appointed as Minister for Science, Technology and Intermediate Industries until December 6, 2009. He submitted his resignation after the arrest of his brother Arné Chacón for his alleged links with an investigation started after the intervention of seven financial institutions in Venezuela.
In April 2013, Jesse Chacón is appointed as Minister of Electric Power.
By the end of 2015 President Nicolás Maduro appointed Jesse Chacón as ambassador in Austria.
See also
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Cabinet of Hugo Chávez
The Cabinet of Ministers of Venezuela ( es, Gabinete de Ministros de Venezuela is one of the bodies that make up the Venezuelan executive in that country's presidential system, alongside the Council of Ministers ( es, Consejo de Ministros). The Ca ...
References
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1965 births
Government ministers of Venezuela
Venezuelan military personnel
Venezuelan engineers
Politicians from Caracas
Venezuelan Ministers of Interior
Living people
United Socialist Party of Venezuela politicians
Recipients of Venezuelan presidential pardons
People of the 1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempts
Venezuelan politicians convicted of crimes
Justice ministers of Venezuela