Francisco José Ameliach Orta (born 14 June 1963) is a Venezuelan retired military officer and politician who is vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).
[2] In 2008 Ameliach ran for the candidature for Governor of Carabobo but lost the primary election against Mario Silva.
In 2012 he finally won the elections defeating incumbent Governor Henrique Salas Feo.
On 9 August 2017, the United States Department of the Treasury placed sanctions on Ameliach for his position in the Presidential Commission in the 2017 Constituent Assembly of Venezuela.
[4] Months later on 22 September 2017, Canada sanctioned Ameliach due to rupture of Venezuela's constitutional order.