Aristóbulo Istúriz

Aristóbulo Iztúriz Almeida (20 December 1946 – 27 April 2021)^[2] was a Venezuelan politician and academic who was Vice President of Venezuela from January 2016 to January 2017.

Aristóbulo Iztúriz
Minister of Education
In office 4 September 2018 – 27 April 2021
President	Nicolás Maduro
Preceded by	Elías Jaua
Vice President of the Constituent Assembly
In office 4 August 2017 – 17 August 2017
President	Delcy Rodríguez
Succeeded by	Elvis Amoroso[1] Tania Díaz
Vice President of Venezuela
In office 6 January 2016 – 4 January 2017
President	Nicolás Maduro
Preceded by	Jorge Arreaza
Succeeded by	Tareck El Aissami
Governor of Anzoátegui
In office 2012–2016
Preceded by	Tarek William Saab
Succeeded by	Nelson Moreno
Personal details
Born	Aristóbulo Istúriz Almeida (1946-12-20)20 December 1946 Curiepe, Miranda, Venezuela
Died	27 April 2021(2021-04-27) (aged 74) Caracas, Venezuela
Political party	United Socialist Party of Venezuela
Alma mater	Pedagogic Institute of Caracas

In 2017 Canada imposed sanctions against him. The sanctions were for behaviors that undermined democracy after 125 people were killed in the 2017 Venezuelan protests.^[3][4]

Iztúriz died on 27 April 2021 from problems caused by heart surgery in Caracas, aged 74.^[5]