Manuel Salvador Quevedo Fernández (born Venezuela) is a Venezuelan military personnel and politician. He was Minister of Petroleum of Venezuela and President of

Petróleos de Venezuela Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA, ) (English: Petroleum of Venezuela) is the Venezuelan state-owned oil and natural gas company. It has activities in exploration, production, refining and exporting oil as well as exploration and production ...

(PDVSA) from 2017 to 2020. Between 2015 and 2017 he served as Minister of Housing and Habitat.

Sanctions

On February 15, 2019, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the

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announced that Manuel Quevedo, along with four other officials of the Government of Nicolás Maduro, was included in the list of those sanctioned by the North American body. On April 15, 2019, Quevedo was sanctioned by the

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, along with 42 other officials from the government of Nicolás Maduro. According to statements by Canadian Foreign Minister

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, the officials are being sanctioned because "they are directly involved in activities that undermine democratic institutions."

References

Living people Hugo Chávez ministers Venezuelan military personnel 21st-century Venezuelan politicians Nicolás Maduro ministers Year of birth missing (living people) Presidents of PDVSA {{Venezuela-politician-stub