Jesse Chacon
| Jesse Alonso Chacón Escamillo | |
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March 2013
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| Minister of Interior and Justice | |
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In office September 2004 – January 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Lucas Rincón Romero |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Carreño |
| Minister of the Office of the President | |
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In office January 2008 – 2008 |
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| Minister of Communications and Information | |
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In office December 2008 – April 2009 |
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| Preceded by | (new post) |
| Succeeded by | Blanca Eckhout |
| Minister of Science and Technology | |
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In office April 2009 – December 2009 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 November 1965 |
| Political party | PSUV |
| Alma mater | Military Academy of Venezuela |
Jesse Alonso Chacón Escamillo (born 9 November 1965) was a Venezuelan military officer, engineer and politician.
Jesse Chacón graduated from the Military Academy in 1987 obtaining a degree in Military Arts and was among the best of the Class “Tomás Montilla Padrón”. In 1996 he received his degree in systems engineering from the Polytechnic University of the National Armed Forces (UNEFA) with the honors of Summa Cum Laude. He also completed a postgraduate study in Telematics at the National Institute of Telecommunications in France and the Simón Bolívar University in Caracas.
He also took a basic and medium level course at the Institute of Communications of the National Armed Forces where he graduated with the highest honors.
While holding the rank of lieutenant he participated in the military insurgency on November 27, 1992 in Venezuela, which followed the rebellion on February 1992 earlier that year led by the then Commander Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías against the government of President Carlos Andrés Pérez. He participated in the occupation of the State TV broadcast station (VTV).
A Council of War sentenced him of 22 years of imprisonment but two years after the insurgency President Rafael Caldera ordered the dismissal of the process supported by an extraordinary measure that the Military Justice Code grants the President for reasons of national interest.
Chacón was born on 9 November 1965 and studied Military Art and Sciences at the Military Academy of Venezuela (the 'Instituto Politécnico de la Fuerza Armada Nacional', or Polytechnic Institute of the National Armed Forces). As a lieutenant in the military, he participated in the November 1992 attempted coup (the second attempted coup of that year), for which he spent time in jail.
In 1999 Chacón worked at the General Administration of Operations of the National Commission of Telecommunications "Conatel" coordinating the working teams that prepared the Organic Law on Telecommunications and the National Plan of Telecommunications. In May 2001 he was appointed General Director of Conatel and during his tenure he had as main objective the promotion of the development and providing efficient telecommunications services.
During his work at Conatel it is noteworthy the enactment of the regulations of Community Radio and Television and national discussion of the bill of Social Responsibility in Radio and Television. Chacón chaired the meeting of Regulators and Operators of the Americas and Head of Venezuelan delegations in several meetings within the framework of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Inter-American Commission of Telecommunications (CITEL). He was also the Alternate Chairman of the Andean Committee of Telecommunications Authorities (CAATEL), the Group of Economic Affairs of CITEL and the Group of Radio Communications.
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