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El Aissami was born on 12 November 1974 in El Vigía, Mérida, Venezuela. [1] [9] He is one of five children. His mother, May Maddah de El Aissami, is Lebanese [10] [11] while his father, Zaidan El Amin El Aissami, also known as Carlos Zaidan, was a Druze immigrant from Jabal al-Druze in Syria. [12]
The Ministry of Communications released images of Tareck El Aissami being handcuffed and walking down a hallway, flanked by officers. Former Venezuelan oil minister is arrested in connection with ...
A U.S. pilot pleaded guilty on Tuesday to violating American sanctions by transporting former Venezuelan oil minister Tareck El Aissami, whom Washington accuses of drug trafficking. Michols Orsini ...
The United States blacklisted Venezuela's Vice President Tareck El Aissami for drug trafficking and money laundering.
Tareck El Aissami (born 1974) 4 January 2017 14 June 2018 Directly designated United Socialist Party: Delcy Rodríguez (born 1969) 14 June 2018 Incumbent
On 14 June 2018, President Maduro named Rodríguez to be Vice President of Venezuela, succeeding Tareck El Aissami. [3] She also became the head official of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN), Venezuela's intelligence agency, as it is dependent on the office of the vice presidency. [32]
Tareck El Aissami was sanctioned by the US Treasury Department on 13 February 2017 under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act after being accused of facilitating drug shipments from Venezuela to Mexico and the United States, freezing tens of millions of dollars of assets purportedly under El Aissami's control. [20] [21]
He also met on Monday with Venezuelan Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami, who then announced plans to increase crude production with Russian oil giant Rosneft.