Hugo de los Reyes Chávez
Hugo de los Reyes Chávez was a Venezuelan state politician and the father of the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez.
Political career
Chávez was a regional director of education after his long service as a schoolteacher and subsequently rose to prominence by joining the political arena as a member of the Social Christian Party. He was governor of Barinas for two terms from 2000 to 2008.Personal life
He was the youngest of the three children of José Rafael Chávez Saavedra and Rosa Inés de los Reyes Chávez. 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. His other sons were Adán, who succeeded him as governor of Barinas; Anibal, who served as mayor of Sabaneta, Barinas, from 2004 to 2016; Argenis, the governor of Barinas from 2016 to 2021 and three other sons namely Narciso, Enzo and Adelis.
Chávez died on 9 April 2024, at the age of 91, 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.