Gustavo González López

Gustavo Enrique González López
Minister of the Interior, Justice and Peace
In office
10 March 2015 – 3 August 2016
Preceded by Carmen Melendez Teresa Rivas
Succeeded by Néstor Reverol
Military service
Service/branch Venezuelan Army
Years of service 1986 – present
Rank Major General
Commands SEBIN (2014 – 2015)

Gustavo Enrique González López was the Venezuelan Minister of Popular Power for Interior, Justice and Peace (MPPRIJP) in 2015-2016 and is the current head of the National Intelligence Service (SEBIN).[1] of Venezuela.[2][3][4]. General-in-chief[5].

Career

Gustavo González López graduated from the Military Academy in 1982, with prominent classmates including Bolivar state governor, Francisco Rangel Gómez. López González joined the Venezuelan cabinet in 2006 where he served as president of Metro de Caracas and Los Teques Metro. Between January and May 1991, Lopez Gonzalez was sent to the School of the Americas at Fort Benning, in Georgia for a "Psychological Operations" and Advanced Officer Traning course by the US Army.[6] In December 2008, President Hugo Chávez appointed him commander of the 5th. Jungle Infantry Division, Operation Theatre No. 5 and Garrison Ciudad Bolivar. He was made the commanding general of the Bolivarian Militia in July 30, 2011. In recent months he served as secretary of the Security and Intelligence Unit Electric System.

Controversy

Sanctions

United States

Since February 17, 2014, after the controversial shooting during the 2014–2017 Venezuelan protests in Candelaria which left Bassil Da Costa shot dead, he was appointed Managing Director of Bolivarian Intelligence Service (Sebin) and president of Strategic Centre for Security and Protection Patria. González López was one of 7 officials that received targeted sanctions by the government of Barack Obama for alleged human rights abuses. Following the announcement of sanctions, González López was promoted Minister of Popular Power for Interior, Justice and Peace by President Nicolás Maduro, who stated "I have decided to appoint Major General González López Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace to go with his award of the American empire to secure peace in the country, citizen and national security".[7][8][9][10]

Canada

On 22 September 2017, Canada sanctioned Gonzalez Lopez due to rupture of Venezuela's constitutional order following the 2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election.[11][12]

Switzerland

On 28 March 2018, Gonzalez Lopez was sanctioned by Switzerland due to "human rights violations and the deterioration of the rule of law and democratic institutions", freezing their funds and banning them from entering Switzerland.[13][14]

Panama

On 29 March 2018, Gonzalez Lopez 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".[15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Misión a Toda Vida Venezuela" (PDF). Normas y Procedimientos de Control Interno. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Oficializan designación de González López como ministro de Interior". EL UNIVERSAL. March 10, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Maduro nombra nuevo ministro de Interior a uno de los sancionados por Estados Unidos". EL MUNDO. March 10, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Mayor Gral. Gustavo González López es el nuevo ministro de Interior, Justicia y Paz". Agencia Venezolana de Noticias (AVN). 10 March 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Maduro ascendió a Gustavo González López a general en jefe del Ejército". EL NACIONAL. July 1, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ "Perfil, Gustavo González López, del Sebin a Interior y Justicia". Últimas Noticias. March 10, 2015. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  8. ↑ "González López, un hombre de Diosdado Cabello". El Nacional. 10 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  9. ↑ "El general González López asume su cargo como ministro del Interior de Venezuela". InfoDefenza. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Maduro nombra a uno de los castigados por las sanciones de EE.UU. como nuevo ministro del Interior". ABC. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Venezuela sanctions". Government of Canada. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  12. ↑ "Canada sanctions 40 Venezuelans with links to political, economic crisis". The Globe and Mail. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  13. ↑ "Swiss impose sanctions on seven senior Venezuelan officials". Reuters. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  14. ↑ "Estos son los funcionarios chavistas que sancionó el gobierno de Suiza". El Nacional (in Spanish). 28 March 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  15. ↑ "Estos son los 55 "rojitos" que Panamá puso en la mira por fondos dudosos | El Cooperante". El Cooperante (in Spanish). 2018-03-29. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
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