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Jesús Rafael SUÁREZ CHOURIO

Military · Political · Sanctioned entity

Jesús Rafael SUÁREZ CHOURIO is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Jesus Rafael SUAREZ CHOURIO · Jesus Rafael Suarez Chourio · Jesus Suarez Chourio · Jesús Rafael SUÁREZ CHOURIO · Jesús Rafael Suárez Chourio · 2 more...				[sources]
Other name	Jesús Rafael Suárez Chourio				[sources]
Birth date	1962-07-19				[sources]
Place of birth	Caracas				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Venezuela				[sources]
Country	Venezuela				[sources]
First name	Jesus · Jesús · Jesús Rafael · Rafael				[sources]
ID Number	`9195336`				[sources]
Last name	SUÁREZ CHOURIO · SUÁREZ CHOURIO · Suarez Chourio · Suárez · Suárez Chourio				[sources]
Matronymic	CHOURIO				[sources]
Patronymic	SUAREZ · SUÁREZ				[sources]
Second name	Rafael				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q65501924				[sources]
Position	Ancien chef de l’état-major du commandement en chef des forces armées (entre juillet 2019 et septembre 2020). · Ancien commandant en chef de l’armée nationale bolivarienne du Venezuela (jusqu’en juillet 2019). · Ancien général de l’armée nationale bolivarienne du Venezuela et ancien commandant de la Région de défense intégrale de la Zone centrale (REDI centrale) du Venezuela. · Former Commander-in-Chief of the Venezuelan Bolivarian National Army · General Commander of Venezuela's Bolivarian Army · 5 more...				[sources]
Education	Military Academy of the Bolivarian Army				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Created at	2018-07-10				[sources]
Modified on	2023-11-04				[sources]
Last changed	2024-03-19	Last checked	2024-04-25	First seen	2022-07-15

Descriptions

President of the Defence and Security Committee of the non-democratically elected National Assembly since Jan 2021. Former Chief of the General Staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces (between Jul 2019 and Sep 2020). Former Commander in Chief of the Venezuelan Bolivarian National Army (until Jul 2019). Former General Commander of the Venezuelan Bolivarian National Army and former Commander of Venezuela’s Comprehensive Defence Region of the Central Zone (REDI Central). Responsible for serious human rights violations by forces under his command during his tenure as General Commander of the Venezuelan Bolivarian National Army, including the use of excessive force and the mistreatment of detainees. He has targeted the democratic opposition and supported the use of military courts to try civilian protestors.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Responsable de graves violations des droits de l’homme commises par les forces placées sous son commandement lorsqu’il était général dans l’armée nationale bolivarienne du Venezuela, dont l’usage excessif de la force et les mauvais traitements infligés à des détenus. Il s’en est pris à l’opposition démocratique et a soutenu le recours aux tribunaux militaires pour juger des manifestants civils.

— French Freezing of Assets, 2023-04-20

General Commander of the Bolivarian Army

— UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets, 2023-04-20

Former Commander of Venezuela's Central Integral Strategic Defense Region of Venezuela's National Armed Forces; Former Commander of Venezuela's Aragua Integrated Defense Zone of Venezuela's National Armed Forces; Former Leader of the Venezuelan President's Protection and Security Unit

— US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List, 2023-04-20

Venezuelan general

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Identifications
Document number	Country	Type	Start date	End date
`9195336`	Venezuela	Cedula No.	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Global Affairs Canada	Venezuela	-	-
Federal Public Service Finance	VEN	2021-11-13	-
Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery	(UE) 2018/889 du 25/06/2018 (UE Venezuela - R (UE) 2017/2063) · (UE) 2019/1169 du 08/07/2019 (UE Venezuela - R (UE) 2017/2063) · (UE) 2019/1891 du 11/11/2019 (UE Venezuela - R (UE) 2017/2063) · (UE) 2020/1696 du 12/11/2020 (UE Venezuela - R (UE) 2017/2063) · 1 more...	-	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Venezuela	2020	-
European External Action Service	VEN	2021-11-13	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)	SDN List	-	-
Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU	-	-	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)	Ordinance of 28 March 2018 on measures against Venezuela (RS 946.231.178.5), Annex 1	2018-07-10	-

Data sources

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,054

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · European External Action Service

French Freezing of Assets6,267

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets5,891

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)18,618

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

United States · Department of the Commerce - International Trade Administration

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,315

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council.

Belgium · Federal Public Service Finance

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List28,418

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,011

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes.

Switzerland · State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)

Canadian Special Economic Measures Act Sanctions4,240

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA.

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

EU Consolidated Travel Bans3,894

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata224,808

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines.

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: eu-fsf-eu-4631-95 · NK-hSfm4yFxKNbQWDuWwn7E5f · NK-X9HEyndxnhmF7NXz8ihWoQ · ca-sema-20-ve-jesus-rafael-suarez-chourio · ofac-22752 · ca-sema-venezuela-n-a-20 · gb-hmt-13683 · fr-ga-1078 · NK-VPN6Z2hR3G3QYrM3ng9cFu · eu-tb-logical-117524 · ch-seco-39311

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