Hugo de los Reyes Chávez

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).

Hugo de los Reyes
Governor of Barinas
In office
1998–2008
Preceded byRafael Rosales Peña
Succeeded byAdán Chávez
Personal details
Born
Hugo de los Reyes Chávez

(1933-01-06) January 6, 1933
Caracas, Venezuela
Political partyCOPEI, Fifth Republic Movement, United Socialist Party of Venezuela
RelationsHugo Chávez son
Adán Chávez son
Aníbal José Chávez Frías son
Rosa Inés de Chávez mother

Early life

Chávez was born in 1933 to José Rafael Saavedra and Rosa Inés Chávez. He has a brother Marcos Chávez.[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
CandidatesVotes%
Hugo de los Reyes Chavez13567476%
Andres Eloy Camejo2465114%

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

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