| José Gregorio Vielma Mora | |
| Office: | 46th Governor of Táchira |
| Term Start: | 2012 |
| Term End: | 2017 |
| Predecessor: | César Pérez Vivas |
| Successor: | Laidy Gómez |
| Birth Date: | October 26, 1964 |
| Birth Place: | San Cristóbal, Táchira State |
| Party: | United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) |
José Gregorio Vielma Mora (born 26 October 1964, San Cristóbal, Táchira)[1] was the former governor of the Venezuelan state of Táchira (2012-2017). He is a member of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela.[2]
| Governor | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| José Vielma Mora | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | 248.788 | 54,00 |
| César Pérez Vivas | COPEI | 209.568 | 45,49 |
| William Méndez | National Opinion | 1.700 | 0,36 |
| Manuel Rugeles | PORESTA | 321 | 0,06 |
| Rafael Escobar | NUVIPA | 302 | 0,06 |
| align=left colspan=2 | Invalid/blank votes | 15.380 | – |
| align=left colspan=2 | Total | 476.074 | 100 |
| align=left colspan=2 | Registered voters/turnout | 826.821 | 57,57 |
| align=left colspan=4 | Source: CNE | ||
See main article: article and International sanctions during the Venezuelan crisis. The Government of Canada sanctioned Vielma Mora in November 2017 as being someone who participated in "significant acts of corruption or who have been involved in serious violations of human rights".[3] [4]
The United States sanctioned Vielma Mora on 25 July 2019 for being involved in a corrupted food scheme with Colombian businessman Alex Saab. Saab used some of his profits from corrupt food contracts to pay bribes to government officials for the importation of food through Táchira, including to Vielma Mora, who was the governor at the time.[5]