Preceded by Rafael Rosales Pena Succeeded by Adan Chavez Spouse Elena Frias de Chavez | Role Venezuelan Politician Name Hugo los Children Hugo Chavez | |
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Full Name Hugo de los Reyes Chavez Born January 6, 1933 (age 91) ( 1933-01-06 ) Relations Hugo Chavez (son - deceased)
Adan Chavez son
Anibal Jose Chavez Frias son
Rosa Ines de Chavez mother Grandchildren Rosa Virginia Chavez, Maria Gabriela Chavez, Rosines Chavez, Hugo Rafael Chavez Political party Copei, Fifth Republic Movement, United Socialist Party of Venezuela Similar People Hugo Chavez, Anibal Jose Chavez F, Adan Chavez, Marisabel Rodriguez de Chavez | ||
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Hugo de los Reyes Chávez (born January 6, 1933) is a Venezuelan state politician and the father of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez (1954 - 2013).
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Early life
Chávez was born in 1933 to José Rafael Saavedra and Rosa Inés Chávez. He has a brother Marcos Chávez.
Political career
Chávez was a regional director of education and subsequently rose to prominence as a member of the Social Christian Party COPEI. He was Governor of Barinas from 1998 to 2008. 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.
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. He dropped out of school after completing the sixth grade, later qualifying to teach.