Tarek El Aissami
| Tareck El Aissami | |
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| Vice President of Venezuela | |
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Assumed office 4 January 2017 |
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| President | Nicolás Maduro |
| Preceded by | Aristóbulo Istúriz |
| Governor of Aragua | |
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In office 2012–2017 |
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| Preceded by | Rafael Isea |
| Minister of Interior and Justice | |
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In office September 2008 – October 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Ramón Rodríguez Chacín |
| Succeeded by | Néstor Reverol |
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12 November 1974 El Vigía, Mérida |
| Nationality | Venezuelan |
| Political party | United Socialist Party |
| Alma mater | University of the Andes |
| Profession | politician |
| Religion | Druze |
Tareck Zaidan El Aissami Maddah (Arabic: طارق زيدان العيسمي مداح, born 12 November 1974) is a Venezuelan politician who has been Vice President of Venezuela since 4 January 2017, appointed by President Nicolás Maduro. Previously he was Governor of Aragua. He served as Minister of the Interior and Justice from 2008 to 2012.
El Aissami was born on November 12, 1974. He spent his childhood in El Vigía, Mérida, Venezuela. His father, Zaidan El Amin El Aissami, who is also known as Carlos Zaidan, was a Druze immigrant from Jabal al-Druze in Syria and was an alleged military associate of Saddam Hussein. Zaidan, who had connections with leftist political movements in the Middle East, supported Hugo Chávez during the February 1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt and was arrested. His mother is of Lebanese origin.
He is a graduate of the University of the Andes (ULA) where he studied law and criminology, and was influenced there by Utopia 78, a left-wing student movement. While there, he was a student of Adán Chávez Frías, the older brother of Hugo Chávez.
In 2005, El Aissami was elected to the National Assembly.
From 2007 to 2008, he served in the Ministry of the Interior as the Vice Minister of Citizen Security. In September 2008, Hugo Chávez appointed El Aissami as Minister of the Interior and Justice. During both tenures, he was head of Onidex, a passport and naturalization agency that was part of Venezuela's interior ministry. A close friend of El Aissami who he had met at the university was later made the head of Onidex.
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