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Hugo de los Reyes Chávez

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Hugo de los Reyes Chávez
Governor of Barinas
In office
2000–2008
Preceded byRafael Rosales Peña
Succeeded byAdán Chávez
Personal details
Born
Hugo de los Reyes Chávez

(1933-01-06)6 January 1933
Barinas, Barinas, United States of Venezuela [citation needed]
Died9 April 2024(2024-04-09) (aged 91)
Barinas, Barinas, Venezuela[citation needed]
Political partyCOPEI
Fifth Republic Movement
United Socialist Party of Venezuela
RelationsAdán Chávez (son)
Hugo Chávez (son; deceased)
Aníbal José Chávez Frías (son; deceased)
Argenis Chávez (son)
Elena Frías de Chávez (wife)

Hugo de los Reyes Chávez (6 January 1933 – 9 April 2024) was a Venezuelan state politician and the father of the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez (1954–2013).

Political career

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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 for three terms from 1998 to 2008.

Barinas State Governor Election, 2004 Results
Source: CNE data
Candidates Votes %
Hugo de los Reyes Chavez 135674 76%
Andres Eloy Camejo 24651 14%

Personal life

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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.

Chávez is best known as the father of President Hugo Chávez (1954–2013). His other sons included: Adán Chávez (born 1952), who succeeded him as governor of Barinas; Anibal José Chávez Frías (1956–2016), who served as mayor of Sabaneta, Barinas, from 2004 to 2016; and Argenis Chávez (born 1958), the governor of Barinas from 2016 to 2021.

Chávez died on 9 April 2024, at the age of 91.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Falleció Hugo de los Reyes Chávez, padre del expresidente Hugo Chávez". El Universal. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.