Asdrúbal Chávez is a Venezuelan oil executive and a cousin of Hugo Chávez who served as president of CITGO and later as president of PDVSA.
Manuel Quevedo
— Former PDVSA President and Oil Minister
Manuel Quevedo is a retired Venezuelan National Guard general who served as President of PDVSA and Oil Minister from 2017 to 2020, during a steep collapse in oil output.
Pedro Tellechea is a former President of PDVSA and Oil Minister of Venezuela — the executive who briefly led the Venezuelan oil sector during the OFAC General License 44 window before being removed in 2024.
Rafael Ramírez
— Former PDVSA President and Oil Minister
Rafael Ramírez led PDVSA and the Venezuelan oil sector for 14 years (2002–2014) — the longest run of any modern PDVSA president — and is now a prominent dissident living in exile.
Tareck El Aissami
— Former Vice President and Oil Minister of Venezuela
Tareck El Aissami is a former Executive Vice President and former Oil Minister of Venezuela — long one of the most powerful figures in the Maduro government before being arrested in 2024 on corruption charges.