Elías José Jaua Milano (born 16 December 1969) is a

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n politician and former university professor who served as the vice president of Venezuela from January 2010 to October 2012. He also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 2013 until September 2014 and as Minister of Education from January 2017 to December 2018.

Career

Jaua obtained a

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degree from the

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. In 2000 he was part of the ''Comisión Legislativa Nacional'' and Minister of the ''Secretaría de la Presidencia'' from 2000 to 2001. He was nominated as Venezuelan Ambassador to Argentina in 2002. Jaua served as Minister of Agriculture in President Hugo Chávez's government before being appointed as vice-president in January 2010, while remaining Minister of Agriculture. On 15 December 2011, following a major reshuffle of the Venezuelan political leadership, President Chávez proposed Jaua to be the PSUV candidate for governor of the state of Miranda (reported in ''El Universal''). He resigned the vice presidency on 13 October 2012 to compete in the election and was replaced by Nicolás Maduro. He lost the election on 16 December 2012 to the former governor Henrique Capriles who had stepped down in June 2012 to unsuccessfully challenge Hugo Chávez for president. Jaua succeeded Nicolás Maduro as Minister of Foreign Affairs on 15 January 2013.

Sanctions

Jaua has been sanctioned by several countries and is banned from entering neighboring Colombia. The Colombian government maintains a list of people banned from entering Colombia or subject to expulsion. As of January 2019, the list had 200 people with a "close relationship and support for the Nicolás Maduro regime". On 26 July 2017, Jaua was involved in targeted sanctions performed by the United States Department of Treasury due to his involvement with the 2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, being the Head of Venezuela's Presidential Commission for the Constituent Assembly. Canada sanctioned 40 Venezuelan officials, including Jaua, in September 2017. Also at an
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/ref> 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". Canadians were banned from transactions with the 40 individuals, whose Canadian assets were frozen. The sanctions noted a rupture of Venezuela's constitutional order. On 25 June 2018, the

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sanctioned Jaua, freezing his assets and imposing a travel ban. On 29 March 2018, Jaua was sanctioned by

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for his alleged involvement with "money laundering, financing of terrorism and financing the proliferation of

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". On 10 July 2018,

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sanctioned Jaua, citing the same reasons as the European Union, and froze his assets while also imposing a travel ban against him.

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Elías Jaua – interview
, World Investment News, 11 September 2006 , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Jaua, Elias 1969 births Living people Vice presidents of Venezuela Central University of Venezuela alumni Venezuelan people of Lebanese descent People from Miranda (state) Ambassadors of Venezuela to Argentina Ministers of foreign affairs of Venezuela People of the Crisis in Venezuela Members of the Venezuelan Constituent Assembly of 1999 Members of the Venezuelan Constituent Assembly of 2017 Agriculture ministers of Venezuela Education ministers of Venezuela Secretariat of the Presidency ministers of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro ministers Hugo Chávez ministers

Career

Sanctions

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