Jesus Rafael SUAREZ CHOURIO

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    Sanctioned by

    gender: male

    Names

    Jesús Rafael SUÁREZ CHOURIO

    Birth

    1962-07-19

    Designation

    position: President of the Defence and Security Committee of the non-democratically elected National Assembly since January 2021. Former Chief of the General Staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces (between July 2019 and September 2020). Former Commander in Chief of the Venezuelan Bolivarian National Army (until July 2019). Former General Commander of the Venezuelan Bolivarian National Army and former Commander of Venezuela’s Comprehensive Defence Region of the Central Zone (REDI Central).

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    Listed

    2018-06-25

    Updated

    2021-11-12

    gender: male

    Names

    Jesus Rafael Suarez Chourio
    Jesús Rafael Suárez Chourio

    Birth

    1962-07-19

    Affiliation

    regime: Venezuela

    Designation

    title: Commander
    position: Member of the Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV: United Socialist Party of Venezuela) political party
    position: National Assembly Deputy for Apure State and President of the National Assembly’s Defence and Security Commission (since January 2021)
    position: Former Commander-in-Chief of the Venezuelan Bolivarian National Army
    position: former Chief of the General Staff to the Commander-in-Chief (July 2019 – Sept 2020)
    position: Former Commander of Venezuela’s Comprehensive Defence Region of the Central Zone (REDI Central)

    Reason

    National Assembly Deputy for Apure State (2021-26) and President of the National Assembly’s Defence and Security Commission. As Former General in Chief of the Venezuelan Bolivarian National Army and Chief of the General Staff to the Commander-in-Chief. Former General Commander of the Venezuelan Bolivarian National Army and former Commander of Venezuela's Comprehensive Defence Region of the Central Zone (REDI Central). There are reasonable grounds to suspect that he was responsible for serious human rights violations by forces under his command during his tenure as General Commander of the Venezuelan Bolivarian National Army, including the use of excessive force and the mistreatment of detainees. Has targeted the democratic opposition and supported the use of military courts to try civilian protestors.

    General Commander of the Bolivarian Army

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    Listed

    2018-06-26

    Updated

    2022-01-28

    gender: male

    Names

    Jesus Rafael SUAREZ CHOURIO

    Birth

    1962-07-19

    Affiliation

    citizenship: Venezuela

    Designation

    title: General Commander of Venezuela's Bolivarian Army

    Identification

    national: 9195336, Venezuela

    Address

    Venezuela, Aragua
    Venezuela, Caracas

    Notes

    program: VENEZUELA

    Former Commander of Venezuela's Central Integral Strategic Defense Region of Venezuela's National Armed Forces; Former Commander of Venezuela's Aragua Integrated Defense Zone of Venezuela's National Armed Forces; Former Leader of the Venezuelan President's Protection and Security Unit

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