Elías José Jaua Milano (born 16 December 1969) is a Venezuelan politician and former university professor who served as the vice president of Venezuela from January 2010 to October 2012.

[3][4] On 15 December 2011, following a major reshuffle of the Venezuelan political leadership, President Chávez proposed Jaua to be the PSUV candidate for governor of the state of Miranda (reported in El Universal).

He lost the election on 16 December 2012 to the former governor Henrique Capriles who had stepped down in June 2012 to unsuccessfully challenge Hugo Chávez for president.

[9][10] The sanctions were for behaviors that undermined democracy after at least 125 people were killed in the 2017 Venezuelan protests and "in response to the government of Venezuela's deepening descent into dictatorship".

[14] On 10 July 2018, Switzerland sanctioned Jaua, citing the same reasons as the European Union, and froze his assets while also imposing a travel ban against him.