Carmen Meléndez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Meléndez and the second or maternal family name is Rivas.
Carmen Meléndez
Meléndez in 2014
Governor of Lara
In office
16 October 2017 – 25 October 2020
Preceded byHenri Falcón
Succeeded byAdolfo Pereira Antique
Minister of Office of the Presidency and Monitoring of Government Management
In office
10 March 2015 – 8 September 2015
Preceded byCarlos Osorio
Succeeded byJesús Salazar
Minister of Interior and Justice
In office
25 October 2020 – 19 August 2021
Preceded byNéstor Reverol
Succeeded byRemigio Ceballos
In office
25 October 2014 – 9 March 2015
Preceded byMiguel Rodríguez Torres
Succeeded byGustavo González López
Minister of Defense
In office
5 July 2013 – 25 October 2014
PresidentNicolás Maduro
Preceded byDiego Molero
Succeeded byVladimir Padrino López
Personal details
Born (1961-11-03) 3 November 1961 (age 63)
Barinas, Venezuela
Political partyUnited Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV)

Carmen Teresa Meléndez Rivas (born 3 November 1961) is a Venezuelan politician and Navy admiral. She was Minister of Interior and Justice from 25 October 2014 to 9 March 2015,[1] and chief of staff in President Nicolás Maduro's cabinet for nearly six months from March to September 2015. After a governorship in Lara (2017–2020), she headed the Interior Ministry for the second time, from October 2020 to August 2021.[2][3][4]

Political career

Meléndez was the Deputy Minister of Education of the Ministry of Defense.[5] On July 3, 2012, the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, promoted her to the rank of Vice Admiral.[6] Melendez was the first Venezuelan woman to receive this distinction in after being named Commander of General Staff of the Bolivarian Armed Forces.[7] On 13 October, she was named Minister of People's Power of the Office by President Hugo Chavez and confirmed by national decree on 15 October.[citation needed] On 21 April 2013, during a national radio and television, she was reaffirmed as Minister of Management the Bolivarian Government of Venezuela for the government of Nicolas Maduro.[8] On 3 July 2013 the president of the republic amounts to admiral in chief and July 5, 2013, the appointed Minister of Defense, the first woman to hold both charges in the history of Venezuela.[9]

Sanctions

Meléndez 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".[10][11]

United States

On 9 August 2017, the United States Department of the Treasury placed sanctions on Meléndez for her position in the 2017 Constituent Assembly of Venezuela where she is tasked with the street government command.[12]

Canada

Canada sanctioned Meléndez on 22 September 2017 due to alleged "rupture of Venezuela's constitutional order."[13][14]

Panama

On 29 March 2018, Meléndez was sanctioned by the Panamanian government for her alleged involvement with "money laundering, financing of terrorism and financing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction".[15]

References

  1. ^ "Carmen Meléndez es la nueva ministra de la Defensa". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-11-26.
  2. ^ Shari Avendaño (2020-10-25). "Nueva rotación: Néstor Reverol pasa a Min-Energía y Carmen Meléndez a Min-Interior". Efecto Cocuyo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-09-02.
  3. ^ Carlos E. Hernández (2020-10-28). "Maduro pone por segunda vez al frente de Interior a la almirante Meléndez". Infodefensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-09-02.
  4. ^ "Maduro cambia a canciller y otros cuatro ministros". El Nuevo Siglo (in Spanish). 2021-08-19. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
  5. ^ Ojeda Ruiz, Yasmín (10 October 2012). "Dos zulianos entran al gabinete de Chávez". La Verdad. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  6. ^ Vanessa Haces Gonzatti (15 October 2012). "Las nuevas joyitas". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  7. ^ "Entrevista a la ministra y almiranta Carmen Meléndez". 19 November 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  8. ^ Delgado, Elkis (22 April 2013). "Nuevo gabinete de Maduro ratifica a diecisiete nombres". El Universal. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  9. ^ EFE (6 July 2013). "Maduro reestructura la cúpula militar y nombra a una mujer ministra de Defensa". Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  10. ^ "Maduro encabeza lista de 200 venezolanos que no pueden entrar al país" [Maduro tops list of 200 Venezuelans who can not enter the country]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 30 January 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Primera parte de lista de colaboradores de Maduro que no pueden ingresar a Colombia" [First part of list of Maduro collaborators who can not enter Colombia] (in Spanish). RCN Radio. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  12. ^ "Treasury Sanctions Eight Individuals Involved in Venezuela's Illegitimate Constituent Assembly". United States Department of the Treasury. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  13. ^ "Venezuela sanctions". Government of Canada. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  14. ^ "Canada sanctions 40 Venezuelans with links to political, economic crisis". The Globe and Mail. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  15. ^ "Estos son los 55 "rojitos" que Panamá puso en la mira por fondos dudosos | El Cooperante". El Cooperante (in European Spanish). 2018-03-29. Retrieved 2018-04-01.

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