Hugo de los Reyes Chávez
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).
For other uses, see Hugo Chávez (disambiguation).
Hugo de los Reyes Chávez
Rafael Rosales Peña
9 April 2024 (aged 91)
Barinas, Barinas, Venezuela
Adán Chávez (son)
Hugo Chávez (son; deceased)
Aníbal José Chávez Frías (son; deceased)
Argenis Chávez (son)
Elena Frías de Chávez (wife)
Personal life[edit]
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]