Elvis Eduardo Hidrobo Amoroso was born on 4 August 1963 and is a Venezuelan politician and lawyer who currently serves as the President of the National Electoral Council since 24 August 2023.
12 Facts About Elvis Amoroso
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Elvis Amoroso previously served as Comptroller General of the Republic and held the presidency of the Republican Moral Council, known as the Moral Power.
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Elvis Amoroso served as a deputy to the National Assembly for the United Socialist Party of Venezuela.
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Elvis Amoroso was re-elected in 1998 with the support of the Fifth Republic Movement and Fatherland for All.
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Elvis Amoroso served as secretary of the Commission Legislative National of 2000, where Alejandro Andrade served as undersecretary.
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Elvis Amoroso was a member of the parliamentary group of 2002 Group Boston and deputy of the National Assembly since 2006 of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, where he served as chairman of the Permanent Commission for Internal Policy of the Assembly in 2012 and as first vice president from 2015 to 2016.
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However, the Venezuelan constitution and the Organic Law of the Supreme Court of Justice establish that to be a magistrate the lawyer must be at least 15 years old in the exercise of the law, a requirement that Amoroso did not meet because he graduated as a lawyer at the Bicentennial University of Aragua in 2006.
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Elvis Amoroso was elected as first vice president of the 2017 National Constituent Assembly from 18 August to 27 October of the same year when he is appointed second vice president.
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Elvis Amoroso is appointed by the ANC as Comptroller General of the Republic of Venezuela on 23 October 2018.
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Elvis Amoroso said that Guaido's 90 trips abroad had cost $94,000, and that Guaido had not explained the source of the funds.
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On 9 November 2017, Elvis Amoroso was sanctioned by the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control after the 2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election.
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On 29 March 2018, Elvis Amoroso was sanctioned by the Panamanian government for his alleged involvement with "money laundering, financing of terrorism and financing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction".