Biography of Hugo Chavez | Former President of Venezuela

Hugu Chavez of Venezuela

Iconic president of Venezuela Hugo Chavez has died on March 05, 2013. He ruled Venezuela with an iron hand. Because of his colorful life, he will alive in core of human mind. Here I am summarizing short biography of Hugo Chavez.

Biography of Hugo Chavez:

Name: Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias

Born: July 28, 1954 He was second of seven children of his father.

Childhood: Passed his childhood with extreme poverty. According to Hugo, “poor…..very poor”, and he mentioned “humility, poverty, pain, sometimes not having to eat”, and “the injustices of this world”.

Parents: Hugo he los Reyes Chavez [School Teacher] and Elena Fras de Chavez.

 Birth Place: Sabaneta, Barinas State, Venezuela.

Personal and Family life: Chavez was Catholic.  He had two wives. First was Nancy Colmenares and second was Marisabel Rodriguez de Chavez. He had four children-three from first wife and one from second wife.

1975: Graduated from Venezuelan Academy of Military Sciences,

Hugo Chavez: Venezuelan President

1977: Involved in revolutionary forces within the army forces.

1992: Try to remove President Carlos Andres Perez from power but failed and got jailed for two years.

1994: Re- launches his party as the movement of the fifth Republic.

1998: First time elected as a president of Venezuela.

February 02, 1999: Took office. Duration of presidency was February 02, 1999 to January 10, 2001.

December, 1999: Constitutional reform.

January, 2001: Started second term as president of Venezuela. Duration is January 10, 2001 to January 10, 2007.

2002: Unsuccessful revolution. Return to power after two day.

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December, 2006: Chavez announced to make unite the parties whose are supporting his party. He wanted to make it larger and stronger and unity among the disparate elements, involving the lower level leadership into the policy formation. Name of the new party was “Partido Socialist Unido de Venezuela” in English “United Socialist Party of Venezuela”.

January, 2007: Started third term as a president of Venezuela. Duration is January 10, 207 to January 10, 2013.

July, 2011: Disclose that he is being treated for cancer.

October, 2012: Again elected for 6 years until 2019.

December, 2012: Fourth operation of cancer in Cuba.

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January, 2013: Started forth term as a president of Venezuela. Duration is January 10, 2013 to March 05, 2013.

February, 2013: Back to Venezuela for continuing treatment.

March 05, 2013: Died for cancer disease at 58 years; 14 years in power’s life.

Why Famous? 

Because of the following reasons he was famous leader in the country as well as in the world.

01 Hugo Chavez led failed military coup as a paratrooper in 1992 and become famous in the Venezuela.

Hugo Chavez

02. Political leader of and President of Venezuela from 1999 to 2013. Fourth times elected president. As a president he was challenging both at home and abroad. Within a very short time he became very much popular in his country and creates his position in the mind of Venezuelan people.

03. He was one of the leading geopolitical foes of United States from Latin America.

04. Hugo Chavez was very much controversial, visible and strong voiced leader in the Latin America. United State considered Hugo Chavez as a foremost geopolitical foe.

05. He loved his country and the people. He made a constitutional reform in December, 1999. It ensured protections for indigenous peoples and rights of education, housing, food, healthcare of public people. He also increased the transparency of the government.

06. In 2005 and 2006 Time Magazine included Hugo Chavez in the list of 100 most influential people. In 2006 he was elected eleventh “Heroes of our time” by British magazine New Statesman. 

07. On 16 October, 1999; Kyung Hee University (South Korea) awarded him “Honorary Doctorate in Political Science”.

Strong voiced Hugo Chavez

 On 9 March, 2001; Universidad Autonoma De Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) awarded him “Honorary Doctorate in Jurisprudence”.

On 03 April, 2001; University of Brasillia (Brazil) awarded him “Honorary Doctorate”.

On 15 May 2001; Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russian Federation) awarded him “Honorary Doctorate”.

On 24 May 2001; Faculty of Economics and Commerce of Beijing University (China) awarded him “Honorary Doctorate in Economics”.

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[The above information is collected from BBC news, ABC news, CNN news, Wikipedia and some others website.]