Hugo de los Reyes Chávez

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 1933; Barinas, Barinas, United States of Venezuela [citation needed]
Died	9 April 2024 (aged 91); Barinas, Barinas, Venezuela[citation needed]
Political party	COPEI; Fifth Republic Movement; United Socialist Party of Venezuela
Relations	Adán 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

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

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.