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Elías José Jaua Milano (born 16 December 1969) is a Venezuelan 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 Sociology degree from the Central University of Venezuela. 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.{{cite news|title=Venezuelan Vice-President Maduro gives annual address|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-21023362|access-date=15 January 2013|newspaper=BBC World Service|date=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".{{cite news |url= https://www.eltiempo.com/politica/gobierno/colombia-prohibe-el-ingreso-al-pais-a-200-personas-cercanas-a-maduro-320994 |work= El Tiempo |language= es | access-date= 13 April 2019 | title= Maduro encabeza lista de 200 venezolanos que no pueden entrar al país |date= 30 January 2019 |trans-title= Maduro tops list of 200 Venezuelans who can not enter the country}}{{cite web |url= https://www.rcnradio.com/colombia/primera-parte-de-lista-de-colaboradores-de-maduro-que-no-pueden-ingresar-colombia |publisher= RCN Radio |language = es |access-date= 13 April 2019 |title= Primera parte de lista de colaboradores de Maduro que no pueden ingresar a Colombia |date= 31 January 2019 |trans-title= First part of list of Maduro collaborators who can not enter Colombia}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20170726.aspx|title=Venezuela-related Designations|date=26 July 2017|website=United States Department of Treasury|access-date=27 July 2017}}

Canada sanctioned 40 Venezuelan officials, including Jaua, in September 2017.{{cite news |url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canada-venezuela-sanctions-1.4303663 |work= CBC Canada |date= 22 September 2017 |publisher= Thomson Reuters |access-date= 3 April 2019 |title= Canada imposes sanctions on key Venezuelan officials}}{{cite news |url= https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/canada-sanctions-40-venezuelans-with-links-to-political-economic-crisis/article36367074/ |work= The Globe and Mail |title= Canada sanctions 40 Venezuelans with links to political, economic crisis |author= Zilio, Michelle |date= 22 September 2017 |access-date= 3 April 2019 }} Also at [http://puntodecorte.com/esta-la-lista-los-funcionarios-venezolanos-sancionados-canada/ Punto de Corte] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404195757/http://puntodecorte.com/esta-la-lista-los-funcionarios-venezolanos-sancionados-canada/ |date=2019-04-04 }} and [http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/mundo/canada-sanciona-nicolas-maduro-funcionarios-venezolanos_204786 El Nacional] 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.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-19 |title=Treasury Sanctions 13 Current and Former Senior Officials of the Government of Venezuela |url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0132 |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=U.S. Department of the Treasury |language=en}} The sanctions noted a rupture of Venezuela's constitutional order.{{cite web|title=Venezuela sanctions|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2017/09/venezuela_sanctions.html|website=Government of Canada|access-date=22 September 2017|language=en|date=22 September 2017}}

On 25 June 2018, the European Union sanctioned Jaua, freezing his assets and imposing a travel ban.{{Cite news|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article213778194.html|title=European Union hits 11 more Venezuelans with sanctions|work=The Miami Herald|access-date=2018-07-10|language=en}}

On 29 March 2018, Jaua was sanctioned by Panama for his alleged involvement with "money laundering, financing of terrorism and financing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction".{{Cite news|url=https://elcooperante.com/conozca-a-los-55-jerarcas-chavistas-que-panama-puso-en-la-mira-por-fondos-dudosos/|title=Estos son los 55 "rojitos" que Panamá puso en la mira por fondos dudosos {{!}} El Cooperante|date=2018-03-29|work=El Cooperante|access-date=2018-04-01|language=es-ES|archive-date=2018-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402101149/https://elcooperante.com/conozca-a-los-55-jerarcas-chavistas-que-panama-puso-en-la-mira-por-fondos-dudosos/|url-status=dead}}

On 10 July 2018, Switzerland sanctioned Jaua, citing the same reasons as the European Union, and froze his assets while also imposing a travel ban against him.{{cite news |url= http://laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=10717&ArticleId=2460676 |work= Latin American Herald Tribune |date= 9 July 2018 |access-date= 20 April 2019 |title= Switzerland Sanctions 11 More Venezuelans, including Delcy Rodriguez, El Aissami, Chourio |archive-date= 13 August 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200813021305/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2460676&CategoryId=10717 |url-status= dead }}{{Cite news|url= https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/toute-l-actu-en-bref/sanctions-suisses-contre-la-vice-pr%C3%A9sidente-du-venezuela/44248640|title=Sanctions suisses contre la vice-présidente du Venezuela|publisher= Swiss Broadcasting Company|access-date=19 April 2019|language=fr|trans-title= Swiss sanctions against the vice president of Venezuela |date= 10 July 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/toute-l-actu-en-bref/sanctions-suisses-contre-la-vice-pr%C3%A9sidente-du-venezuela/44248640#.W0TM2JCXbdE.twitter|title=Sanctions suisses contre la vice-présidente du Venezuela|date=10 July 2018|publisher= Swiss Broadcasting|access-date=2018-07-10|language=fr}}

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{{cite news |title=Elías Jaua, nuevo VicePresidente de la República; Mata Figueroa, a MinDefensa |url=http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/noticia/141537/elias-jaua-nuevo-vicepresidente-de-la-republica/ |publisher=noticias24 |date=26 January 2010 |access-date=3 May 2011 |archive-date=14 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514094823/http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/noticia/141537/elias-jaua-nuevo-vicepresidente-de-la-republica/ |url-status=dead }}

{{cite news |title=UPDATE 1-Venezuela's Chavez names Jaua as new vice president |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/venezuela-vicepresident-idUSN2613883720100127?type=marketsNews |publisher=Reuters |date=26 January 2010 |access-date=3 May 2011}}

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