Francisco Rangel Gómez

Francisco Gómez is a Venezuelan politician. He was governor of Bolívar state. In the 2008 Venezuelan regional elections he won 67% of the vote, against Andrés Velásquez' 30%. He was previously president of the Corporacion Venezolana de Guayana (CVG).[1]

Francisco Gómez
Governor of Bolívar
In office
2004–2017
Preceded byAntonio Rojas Suárez
Succeeded byJusto Noguera Pietri
Personal details
Political partyPSUV

According to Venezuelanalysis.com, "While on the negotiation commission to resolve the 15-month-long dispute at Sidor, Rangel ordered the National Guard to fire on protesting Sidor workers."[1] In April 2008 Hugo Chavez ordered SIDOR to be nationalised.[2]

Sanctions

Rangel has been sanctioned by several countries.

In November 2017, the Government of Canada sanctioned Rangel Gómez as being someone who participated in "significant acts of corruption or who have been involved in serious violations of human rights".[3][4][5]

On January 6, 2018 the US Department of State issued sanctions against Francisco Rangel Gómez and 3 other officials of the Venezuelan government for their alleged links with corruption networks.[6]

In March 2018, Panama sanctioned 55 public officials, including Rangel Gómez.[7]

References
  1. Venezuelanalysis.com, 26 July 2009, Venezuela: Class Struggle Heats up over Battle for Workers’ Control
  2. Venezuelanalysis.com, 16 April 2008, Venezuelan Labor Minister Dismissed
  3. "Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials - Case 2". Government of Canada. 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  4. "Canadá impone sanciones a Maduro, El Aissami, Adán Chávez y Argenis Chávez, entre otros funcionarios". La Patilla (in Spanish). 3 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  5. "¡Conócelos! Los 19 funcionarios del gobierno bolivariano sancionados de nuevo por el gobierno de Canadá (lista)". La Patilla (in Spanish). 3 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  6. "Treasury sanctions four Venezuelan government officials associated with corruption and oppression" (Press release). U.S. Department of the Treasury. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  7. "Los 55 funcionarios sancionados por Panamá por 'blanqueo de capitales'". El Nacional (in Spanish). 30 March 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2019. Also at Panama Economic and Finance Ministry Archived 2019-04-05 at the Wayback Machine
Preceded by
Antonio Rojas Suárez		 Governor of Bolívar
2004–2017		 Succeeded by
Justo Noguera Pietri


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