Hugo de los Reyes Chávez
Hugo de los Reyes Chávez | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Barinas | |
| In office 2000–2008 | |
| Preceded by | Rafael Rosales Peña |
| Succeeded by | Adán Chávez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hugo de los Reyes Chávez 6 January 1932 Barinas, Barinas, United States of Venezuela |
| Died | 8 April 2024 (aged 92) Barinas, Barinas, Venezuela |
| Political party | COPEI Fifth Republic Movement United Socialist Party of Venezuela |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Adán Chávez (born 1952) Hugo Chávez (1954-2013) Narciso Chávez (born 1956) Aníbal José Chávez Frías (1956-2016) Argenis Chávez (born 1958) Enzo Chávez (1958-1960) Adelis Chávez (born 1960) |
| Parent(s) | José Saavedra Rosa Chávez |
Hugo de los Reyes Chávez (6 January 1932 – 8 April 2024) was a Venezuelan state politician and the father of the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez (1954–2013).
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 for three terms from 1998 to 2008.
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Personal life
He was the youngest of the three children of José Rafael Saavedra (1888-1945) and Rosa Inés Chávez (1910-1981). 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 were Adán (born 11 April 1952), who succeeded him as governor of Barinas; Anibal (31 December 1956–16 July 2016), who served as mayor of Sabaneta, Barinas, from 2004 to 2016; Argenis (born 3 January 1958), the governor of Barinas from 2016 to 2021 and three other sons namely Narciso (born 6 January 1956), Enzo (December 1958-1960) and Adelis (born 1960).
Chávez died on 8 April 2024, at the age of 92, after outliving his three sons, Enzo who died at the young age of only two for 64, Hugo for 11 as well as Anibal for 8 years.[1]
References
- ^ "Falleció Hugo de los Reyes Chávez, padre del expresidente Hugo Chávez". El Universal. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.