Elvis Amoroso
{{short description|Venezuelan politician and lawyer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Elvis Amoroso
| image = Elvis Amoroso.jpg
| office = President of the National Electoral Council
| term_start = 24 August 2023
| term_end =
| vicepresident = Carlos Quintero
| predecessor = Pedro Calzadilla
| successor =
| office1 = Principal Rector of the National Electoral Council
| term_start1 = 24 August 2023
| term_end1 =
| appointed1 = V National Assembly
| predecessor1 = Pedro Calzadilla
| successor1 =
| office2 = President of the Republican Moral Council
| term_start2 = 7 February 2019
| term_end2 = 23 August 2023
| predecessor2 = Tarek William Saab
| successor2 = Jhosnel Peraza (acting)
| office3 = Comptroller General of the Republic
| appointer3 = National Constituent Assembly
| term_start3 = 23 October 2018
| term_end3 = 23 August 2023
| predecessor3 = Manuel Galindo Ballesteros
| successor3 = Jhosnel Peraza (acting)
| office4 = Second Vice President of the National Constituent Assembly
| president4 = Delcy Rodríguez
Diosdado Cabello
| term_start4 = 27 October 2017
| term_end4 = 23 October 2018
| predecessor4 = Isaías Rodríguez
| successor4 = Gladys Requena
| office5 = First Vice President of the 2017 Constituent National Assembly of Venezuela
| president5 = Aristóbulo Istúriz
| term_start5 = 18 August 2017
| term_end5 = 27 October 2017
| predecessor5 = Position established
| successor5 = Aristóbulo Iztúriz
| office6 = Member of the 2017 Constituent National Assembly of Venezuela
for [[Aragua|Aragua
State]]
| term_start6 = 4 August 2017
| term_end6 = 23 October 2018
| office7 = Deputy to the National Assembly
for [[Aragua|Aragua
State]]
| term_start7 = 14 August 2000
| term_end7 = 5 January 2016
| office8 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for [[Aragua|Aragua
State]]
| term_start8 = 23 January 1994
| term_end8 = 22 December 1999
| birth_name = Elvis Eduardo Hidrobo Amoroso
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|8|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = Cagua, Aragua, Venezuela
| death_date =
| death_place =
| module = {{infobox person
| child = yes
| disappeared_date = {{Disappeared date and age|df=y|2024|08|05|1963|08|04}}
}}
| party = United Socialist Party of Venezuela {{small|(2007-present)}}
| otherparty = Radical Cause {{small|(1993-1997)}}
Fatherland for All {{small|(1997-2000)}}
Fifth Republic Movement {{small|(2000-2007)}}
| alma_mater = Bicentenary University of Aragua
| caption = Amoroso in 2015
| alt = Headshot of Amoroso, who is wearing a denim jacket
}}
Elvis Eduardo Hidrobo Amoroso (born 4 August 1963) is a Venezuelan politician and lawyer who currently serves as the President of the National Electoral Council since 24 August 2023. He previously served as Comptroller General of the Republic and held the presidency of the Republican Moral Council (Spanish: Consejo Moral Republicano), also known as the Moral Power (Spanish: Poder Moral).{{Cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com/politica/23951/designan-a-elvis-amoroso-como-nuevo-contralor-general-de-la-republica|title=Designan a Elvis Amoroso como nuevo contralor general de la República|date=23 October 2018}} In August 2017, he was elected as first and second vice president of the 2017 Constituent National Assembly and served until October 2017. He also served as a deputy to the National Assembly for the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).
Political career
In the parliamentary elections of 1993 he was elected Deputy to the Congress of the Republic of the Radical Cause by circuit 2 of the Aragua state within the VIII Legislature . He was re-elected in 1998 with the support of the Fifth Republic Movement (MVR) and Fatherland for All (PPT).{{cite web|url=http://www.quepasa.com.ve/nacionales/an-recibio-a-nueva-junta-directiva/|title=AN recibió a nueva junta directiva|access-date=12 February 2019|last=blogservices|date=6 January 2015|website=Diario Qué Pasa|language=es}}{{cite web|url=http://www.poderopedia.org/ve/personas/Elvis_Amoroso|title=Elvis Amoroso|access-date=12 February 2019|last=Poderopedia|first=Equipo|language=es}}
He served as secretary of the Commission Legislative National of 2000, where Alejandro Andrade served as undersecretary.{{cite web|url=http://www.tsj.gov.ve/gaceta/marzo/280300/280300-36920-02.html|title=Gaceta Oficial del 28 de marzo de 2000|access-date=8 September 2013|publisher=Página web del TSJ|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921174627/http://www.tsj.gov.ve/gaceta/marzo/280300/280300-36920-02.html|archive-date=21 September 2008}} He was a member of the parliamentary group of 2002 Group Boston{{cite news|first=María C.|title=Pedro Díaz Blum: creación del Grupo Boston en el 2002 está dando sus frutos|url=https://www.noticias24carabobo.com/pedro-diaz-blum-creacion-grupo-boston-2002-dando/|date=27 June 2013|access-date=29 April 2017|agency=Noticias 24 Carabobo|last=Henríquez|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903074257/https://www.noticias24carabobo.com/pedro-diaz-blum-creacion-grupo-boston-2002-dando/|archive-date=3 September 2017}} and deputy of the National Assembly since 2006 of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), where he served as chairman of the Permanent Commission for Internal Policy of the Assembly in 2012 and as first vice president from 2015 to 2016.
In 2015, he ran as magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) after losing re-election in the parliamentary elections of 6 December. However, the Venezuelan constitution and the Organic Law of the Supreme Court of Justice establish that to be a magistrate the lawyer must be at least 15 years old in the exercise of the law, a requirement that Amoroso did not meet because he graduated as a lawyer at the Bicentennial University of Aragua in 2006.{{cite news|title=Elvis Amoroso no cumplía con uno de los requisitos para ser magistrado|url=https://informe21.com/politica/elvis-amoroso-no-cumplia-con-uno-de-los-requisitos-para-ser-magistrado|access-date=3 September 2017|agency=Informe21|publisher=NTN24|date=23 December 2015|archive-date=4 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904015631/https://informe21.com/politica/elvis-amoroso-no-cumplia-con-uno-de-los-requisitos-para-ser-magistrado|url-status=dead}}
He was elected as first vice president of the 2017 National Constituent Assembly from 18 August to 27 October of the same year when he is appointed second vice president.
He is appointed by the ANC as Comptroller General of the Republic of Venezuela on 23 October 2018.
Personal life
His son, Elvis Junior Amoroso is the Permanent Secretary (in charge) of the Council of Ministers of Venezuela.{{Cite web|url=http://globovision.com/article/amp/hijo-de-elvis-amoroso-nuevo-secretario-del-consejo-de-ministros|title = Hijo de Elvis Amoroso nuevo secretario del Consejo de Ministros}}
Controversies
= On Juan Guaidó =
Following Juan Guaidó's Latin American tour in February 2019, Amoroso alleged in March that Guaidó had not explained how he paid for the trip, and stated there were inconsistencies between his level of spending and income. Amoroso said that Guaidó's 90 trips abroad had cost $94,000, and that Guaidó had not explained the source of the funds.{{cite news |url= https://www.yahoo.com/news/venezuelan-govt-bars-guaido-public-office-15-years-175729462.html |work= Yahoo |publisher= Associated Press |date= 28 March 2019 |access-date= 28 March 2019 |title= Venezuelan gov't bars Guaido from public office for 15 years |author= Rueda, Jorge}} Based on these alleged financial discrepancies, Amoroso said Guaidó would be barred from running for public office for the maximum time allowed by law—fifteen years.{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-guaido/venezuela-bars-guaido-from-holding-public-office-for-15-years-idUSKCN1R9298 |work= Reuters |date= 28 March 2019 |access-date= 28 March 2019 | title= Venezuela bars Guaido from holding public office for 15 years}}{{cite news |url= https://www.yahoo.com/news/venezuelas-guaido-barred-public-office-15-years-182929528.html |work= Yahoo |date= 28 March 2019 |access-date= 28 March 2019 |title= Venezuela blocks Guaido from office as the opposition scoffs |publisher= Reuters |author= Sequera, Vivian and Luc Cohen}} Leopoldo López and Henrique Capriles had been prohibited from holding office by the Maduro administration on similar pretexts.
Guaidó responded that "The only body that can appoint a comptroller is the legitimate parliament." The comptroller general is not a judicial body; according to constitutional lawyer José Vicente Haro, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled in 2011, after Leopoldo López was barred from holding office, that an administrative body cannot disallow a public servant from running. Constitutional law expert Juan Manuel Raffalli stated that Article 65 of Venezuela's Constitution provides that such determinations may only be made by criminal courts, after judgment of criminal activity. The decision would also breach Guaidó's parliamentary immunity.{{cite news |url= http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/politica/inhabilitacion-juan-guaido-podria-desencadenar-medidas-ante-cne_276741 |work= El Nacional | language= es |date= 28 March 2019 |access-date= 28 March 2019 |title= Inhabilitación de Juan Guaidó podría desencadenar medidas ante el CNE |trans-title= Disqualification of Juan Guaidó could trigger measures before the CNE |author= Diaz Landazabal, Jackelin}}
= Sanctions =
== Canada ==
On 22 September 2017, Canada sanctioned Amoroso due to rupture of Venezuela's constitutional order following the 2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election.{{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}}{{cite news|title=Canada sanctions 40 Venezuelans with links to political, economic crisis|url=https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/canada-sanctions-40-venezuelans-with-links-to-political-economic-crisis/article36367074/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&|access-date=22 September 2017|work=The Globe and Mail|date=22 September 2017}}
== United States ==
On 9 November 2017, Amoroso was sanctioned by the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control after the 2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election.{{cite press release |url= https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/sm0214.aspx |publisher= U.S. Department of the Treasury |date= 9 November 2017 |access-date= 3 April 2019 |title= Treasury sanctions ten Venezuelan government officials}}
== Panama ==
On 29 March 2018, Amoroso was sanctioned by the Panamanian government 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=2 March 2018|work=El Cooperante|access-date=1 April 2018|language=es-ES|archive-date=2 April 2018|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}}
== European Union ==
On June 29th 2020, the EU imposed personal restrictions on Amoroso due to his direct and active involvement in undermining and eroding democracy and rule of law in Venezuela for his role in running the non-recognized ANC in various positions of high authority and taking repressive actions against opposition actors.{{Cite web |title=COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/2500 of 10 November 2023 implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2063 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Venezuela |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202302500 |website=EUR-Lex}}
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