- Born
- Died
- Birth nameHugo Rafael Chávez Frías
- Nicknames
- El Commandante
- Esteban de Jesús
- El Mico Mandante
- Height1.73 m
- Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (28 July 1954 - 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician who was president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013, except for a brief period in 2002. Chávez was also leader of the Fifth Republic Movement political party from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when it merged with several other parties to form the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), which he led until 2012.- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- SpousesMarisabel Rodríguez(1997 - 2004) (divorced, 1 child)Nancy Colmenares(1977 - 1995) (divorced, 3 children)
- Slogan "Por ahora!"
- Solid Green Military Fatigues
- Red Beret
- In November 2007, he referred to former Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar as a fascist at the Ibero-American Summit. When he continued to denounce Aznar after his microphone was turned off, Juan Carlos de Borbón, the King of Spain, asked him to shut up ("¿Por qué no te callas?"). Chávez left the summit and the king's phrase became an Internet meme.
- President of Venezuela (February 2, 1999 - March 5, 2013).
- Named on of Time magazine's "100 most influential people" in 2005 and 2006.
- Considered himself the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution in South America, promoting his vision of democratic socialism and Latin American integration. In 1974, he met strongman Juan Velasco Alvarado when Chávez and a dozen fellow cadets from the Bolivarian Military University of Venezuela traveled to Ayacucho, Peru to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Ayacucho. Alvarado gave each of them a pocket edition of La Revolución Nacional Peruana ("The Peruvian National Revolution"). Chávez kept the book with him constantly, but lost it after his arrest for leading a failed coup d'état in 1992.
- Born to Hugo de los Reyes Chávez and his wife Elena Frías de Chávez, both teachers, he grew up with an older brother, Adán.
- He [Jesus] accompanied me in difficult times, in crucial moments. So Jesus Christ is no doubt an historical figure - he was someone who rebelled, an anti-imperialist guy. He confronted the Roman Empire. Because who might think that Jesus was a capitalist? No. Judas was the capitalist, for taking the coins! Christ was a revolutionary. He confronted the religious hierarchies. He confronted the economic power of the time. He preferred death in the defense of his humanistic ideals, who fostered change. He is our Jesus Christ.
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