UKSL Sanctions designation

Jorge Elieser Marquez Monsalve

Individual · designated 31 December 2020

Designation identifiers

UKSL unique ID
VEN0031
OFSI group ID
13846
Designation type
Individual
Date designated
31 December 2020
Last updated
9 April 2025

Regimes

  • The Venezuela (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Designation sources

  • UK

Sanctions imposed

  • Asset freeze
  • Travel Ban
  • Director Disqualification Sanction

Official reasons

  • Director General of CONATEL, Minister of the Office of the Presidency, and a National Guard Brigadier General. As Director General of CONATEL, Venezuela’s telecommunications regulator, Marquez Monsalve has repeatedly repressed civil society and violated freedom of expression, thereby undermining democracy in Venezuela, by shutting down radio stations, blocking news portals online, and taking television channels off air. This has been done by CONATEL, led by Marquez Monsalve, in order to support the Maduro regime, stifle opposition, and hide corruption.

Other information

  • The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

Addresses

  • Country: Venezuela
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