Hugo de los Reyes Chávez
Hugo de los Reyes | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Barinas | |
| In office 1998–2008 | |
| Preceded by | |
| Succeeded by | Adán Chávez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hugo de los Reyes Chávez January 6, 1933 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Political party | COPEI, Fifth Republic Movement, United Socialist Party of Venezuela |
| Relations | Hugo Chávez son Adán Chávez son Aníbal José Chávez Frías son mother |
Hugo de los Reyes Chávez (born January 6, 1933)[1] is a Venezuelan state politician and the father of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez (1954 - 2013).
Early life[]
Chávez was born in 1933 to and . He has a brother .[1]
Political career[]
Chávez was a regional director of education and subsequently rose to prominence as a member of the Social Christian Party COPEI.[1] He was Governor of Barinas for three terms from 1998 to 2008.[1] He is best known as the father of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez; he is also the father of Adán Chávez, who succeeded him as Barinas Governor, and the Mayor of Sabaneta, Barinas, Anibal José Chávez Frías.
| Barinas State Governor Election, 2004 Results Source: CNE data | |||||||||
| |||||||||
Personal[]
The Chávez family is descended from the mestizos (primarily indigenous Amerindian) and mulattos (African and Spanish) that live in central Venezuela's vast and verdant llanos, home to a rural cattle ranching culture famed as restive and fiercely independent.
Chávez and his wife, Elena Frías de Chávez, started their careers as local schoolteachers.[1] He dropped out of school after completing the sixth grade, later qualifying to teach. Reyes Chávez had 11 children.[1]
References[]
  | This article about a Venezuelan politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
- 1933 births
- Living people
- Governors of Barinas (state)
- Venezuelan people of indigenous peoples descent
- Venezuelan people of Spanish descent
- Chávez family
- Copei politicians
- Venezuelan schoolteachers
- United Socialist Party of Venezuela politicians
- Fifth Republic Movement politicians
- Venezuelan politician stubs