Switzerland SECO
ActiveFinancial sanctions; Travel ban- Programme
- Venezuela
- Designated
- Not published by this authority
- Legal basis
- Ordinance of 28 March 2018 on measures against Venezuela (RS 946.231.178.5), art. 2 para. 1 (Financial sanctions) and art. 3 para. 1 (Travelban)
- Stated grounds
- Minister of University Education until August 2024. Rector of the Universidad Bolivariana de Venezuela appointed in July 2020. Former Vice President of the National Electoral Council (CNE) and former President of the Commission of the Electoral and Civilian Register. Responsible for CNE activities which have undermined democracy in Venezuela, including by facilitating the establishment of the illegitimate Constituent Assembly and the manipulation of the electoral process.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026