Career
Born on Valencia, Ameliach was part of the 1992 Venezuelan coup d"état attempts leadered by Hugo Chávez, later in 1999 he retired of the National Armed Forces in order to be candidate to the National Constituent Assembly. In 2000 he joined the Fifth Republic Movement and was elected to the National Assembly on 6 January 2000. He was reelected in 2005.
In 2008 Ameliach ran for the candidature for Governor of Carabobo but lost the primary election against Mario Silva.