Tibisay Lucena

Tibisay Lucena Ramírez
President of the National Electoral Council of Venezuela
Assumed office
30 April 2006
Preceded by Jorge Rodríguez Gómez
Personal details
Born 26 April 1959
Barquisimeto, Venezuela

Tibisay Lucena is the president of the National Electoral Council or CNE, one of the five branches of government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. She was first elected to this post in 2006, and was reelected in 2009 for the 2009-2013 period.[1][2]

Early life and education

Tibsay Lucena was born in Barquisimeto. She studied cello and performed with Venezuela's National Youth Orchestra and Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra (1980–87). Lucena earned a B.A. in sociology from the Central University of Venezuela and worked as a researcher at the Institute of Advanced Studies of Administration. She then pursued graduate studies in the United States, earning an M.A. in sociology from the New School for Social Research.

Controversy

Lucena is considered to be pro-PSUV by the opposition, despite that the position she holds must be exercised with neutrality. She has violated the norms she set for the Recall Referendum in 2016 and before that, she had announced the results of the elections in which the opposition won many hours, despite Venezuela using electronic voting systems.

Sanctions

United States

On 26 July 2017, Lucena was involved in targeted sanctions performed by the United States Department of Treasury due to her involvement with the 2017 Venezuelan Constitutional Assembly election.[3]

Canada

On 22 September 2017, Canada sanctioned Lucena due to rupture of Venezuela's constitutional order.[4][5]

Switzerland

On 28 March 2018, Lucena was sanctioned 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.[6][7]

Panama

On 29 March 2018, Lucena 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".[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Consejo Nacional Electoral de Venezuela". Retrieved September 22, 2011.
  2. ↑ "La eternidad de Tibisay Lucena en el CNE" (in Spanish). Lapatilla. 7 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Venezuela-related Designations". United States Department of Treasury. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Venezuela sanctions". Government of Canada. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "Canada sanctions 40 Venezuelans with links to political, economic crisis". The Globe and Mail. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Swiss impose sanctions on seven senior Venezuelan officials". Reuters. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Estos son los funcionarios chavistas que sancionó el gobierno de Suiza". El Nacional (in Spanish). 28 March 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "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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