Venezuelan politician and fugitive wanted by the U.S.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is El Aissami and the second or maternal family name is Maddah.
Tareck El Aissami
طارق العيسمي
El Aissami in 2016
Minister of Petroleum
In office 27 April 2020 – 20 March 2023
President
Nicolás Maduro
Preceded by
Manuel Quevedo
Minister of Industries and National Production
In office 14 June 2018 – 19 August 2021
President
Nicolás Maduro
Vice President of Venezuela
In office 4 January 2017 – 14 June 2018
President
Nicolás Maduro
Preceded by
Aristóbulo Istúriz
Succeeded by
Delcy Rodríguez
Governor of Aragua
In office 27 December 2012 – 4 January 2017
Preceded by
Rafael Isea
Succeeded by
Caryl Bertho
Minister of Interior and Justice
In office 8 September 2008 – 13 October 2012
Preceded by
Ramón Rodríguez Chacín
Succeeded by
Néstor Reverol
Personal details
Born
Tareck Zaidan El Aissami Maddah
(1974-11-12) 12 November 1974 (age 49) El Vigía, Mérida, Venezuela
Political party
PSUV (2007–2023)
Spouse
Rudy Amer de El Aissami
Children
2
Relatives
Haifa El Aissami (sister) Shibli al-Aysami (great-uncle)
Alma mater
University of the Andes
Profession
Politician
Tareck Zaidan El Aissami Maddah (Spanish pronunciation:[taˈɾekˈsajðanelajˈsamiˈmaða]; born 12 November 1974)[1] is a Venezuelan politician, who served as the vice president of Venezuela from 2017 to 2018. He served as Minister of Industries and National Production since 14 June 2018, and as Minister of Petroleum from 27 April 2020 until 20 March 2023.[2] He previously was Minister of the Interior and Justice from 2008 to 2012, Governor of Aragua from 2012 to 2017, and the vice president of Venezuela from 2017 to 2018. While holding that office, El Aissami faced allegations of participating in corruption, money laundering and drug trafficking.[3] In 2019, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) added El Aissami to the ICE Most Wanted List, listed by the Homeland Security Investigations unit.[4] El Aissami, who was among the power brokers in Nicolás Maduro's government, resigned on 20 March 2023 during a corruption probe.[5] He was arrested by the Venezuelan prosecutor's office on charges of treason, money laundering and criminal association.
^"Biografía: Tareck El Aissami" (in Spanish). United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). Archived from the original on 28 January 2017.
^"Venezuela oil minister resigns as Maduro cracks down on corruption".
^"US accuses Venezuelan vice-president of role in global drug trafficking". The Guardian. Associated Press. 13 February 2017. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
^"ICE: Former Venezuelan VP among 10 most wanted fugitives". Associated Press. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
^"Venezuela Oil Minister Resigns Amid Widening Corruption Probe".
Tareck Zaidan ElAissami Maddah (Spanish pronunciation: [taˈɾek ˈsajðan el ajˈsami ˈmaða]; born 12 November 1974) is a Venezuelan politician, who served...
accusations of nepotism, being the sister of interior affairs minister TareckElAissami. On 7 January 2016, in Official Gazette No. 40,823, she was appointed...
directing drug trafficking activities with Vice President of Venezuela, TareckElAissami while dividing profits with President Nicolás Maduro. The Office also...
SEBIN directors Manuel Bernal Martínez and Gustavo González López. TareckElAissami, Vice President of Economy and Minister for National Industry and...
Angeles Times. November 12, 1974. p. I-1. "Biografía | TareckElAissami" [Biography | TareckElAissami]. United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) (in Spanish)...
the crisis in Venezuela and Venezuelan protests, Vice Presidents TareckElAissami and Delcy Rodríguez have been accused of using SEBIN to oppress political...
President of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez – Vice President of Venezuela TareckElAissami – Minister of Petroleum (Venezuela) Marinko Čavara – President of...
Nicolás Maduro acepta la renuncia de TareckElAissami". DW. 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-03-31. "¿Quién es Pedro Tellechea, el nuevo ministro de Petróleo de Venezuela...
narco-state". Some figures of the Venezuelan government, like Vice President TareckelAissami and Minister of Defense Vladimir Padrino López, were permanently banned...
replaced the physician with a pharmacist close to vice-president TareckElAissami, Luis López Chejade. The publications were removed from the Ministry's...
former National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello, Vice President TareckElAissami, and National Constituent Assembly President Delcy Rodríguez. However...
vice-president of Venezuela" (in Arabic). Aamama. 2013.: Referring governor TareckElAissami. Thor Halvorssen Mendoza (8 August 2005). "Hurricane Hugo". The Weekly...
billion; Maduro suspended the committee and replaced oil minister TareckElAissami with Pedro Rafael Tellechea. As of April, according to Attorney General...
vice president, TareckElAissami, who is of Druze descent. Other notable Venezuelan figures of Druze origin include Haifa ElAissami and Tarek William...
National Guard in the area. The next day on 28 June, Vice President TareckElAissami reported that the helicopter used in the attack had been found in...
or demanded immediate general elections. That day, Vice President TareckElAissami led government supporters to the Palacio Federal Legislativo, where...
On March 20, 2023, TareckElAissami resigned from his government post amid serious corruption allegations. Moreover, ElAissami, a longtime Maduro ally...
vice-president of Venezuela" (in Arabic). Aamama. 2013.: Referring governor TareckElAissami. "Sending relief--and a message of inclusion and love—to our Druze...
investigation also found that between 2008 and 2012, Aragua Governor TareckElAissami ordered for hundreds of Middle Eastern individuals to obtain illegal...
Chicago and Houston. On 13 February 2017, Venezuelan vice president TareckElAissami was sanctioned by the United States Treasury Department under the...
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