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Hugo Chávez

1954 - 2013

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Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías ( CHAH-vez, Latin American Spanish: [ˈuɣo rafaˈel ˈtʃaβes ˈfɾi.as] ; 28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician, revolutionary, and military officer who served as the 52nd president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013, except for a brief period of forty-seven hours 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. Born into a middle-class family in Sabaneta, Barinas, Chávez became a career military officer. After becoming dissatisfied with the Venezuelan political system based on the Puntofijo Pact, he founded the clandestine Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement-200 (MBR-200) in the early 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugo Chávez is the 662nd most popular politician (down from 598th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Venezuela and the 2nd most popular Venezuelan Politician.

Hugo Chávez was the president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013. He was most famous for his socialist policies and his close relationship with Cuba.

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Among politicians, Hugo Chávez ranks 662 out of 19,576. Before him are Michael VIII Palaiologos, Theodosius II, Anastasios II, Emperor Wu of Han, Heydar Aliyev, and Valerius Severus. After him are George II of Great Britain, Constantius Chlorus, Abdulmejid II, Norodom Sihanouk, Albert Lutuli, and Narmer.

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Among people born in 1954, Hugo Chávez ranks 10. Before him are François Hollande, Alexander Lukashenko, Shinzō Abe, Denzel Washington, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.. After him are Viktor Yushchenko, John Travolta, Sócrates, Emir Kusturica, James Cameron, and Jean-Claude Juncker. Among people deceased in 2013, Hugo Chávez ranks 5. Before him are Nelson Mandela, Margaret Thatcher, Mikhail Kalashnikov, and Robert Edwards. After him are Jorge Rafael Videla, Donald A. Glaser, Pran, Doris Lessing, Heinrich Rohrer, Võ Nguyên Giáp, and Frederick Sanger.

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In Venezuela

Among people born in Venezuela, Hugo Chávez ranks 2 out of 183. Before him are Simón Bolívar (1783). After him are Nicolás Maduro (1962), Carlos the Jackal (1949), Baruj Benacerraf (1920), Juan Vicente Pérez (1909), Antonio José de Sucre (1795), Francisco de Miranda (1750), Reynaldo Hahn (1874), Carolina Herrera (1939), Rafael Caldera (1916), and Carlos Andrés Pérez (1922).

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Among politicians born in Venezuela, Hugo Chávez ranks 2. Before him are Simón Bolívar (1783). After him are Nicolás Maduro (1962), Antonio José de Sucre (1795), Carolina Herrera (1939), Rafael Caldera (1916), Carlos Andrés Pérez (1922), Rómulo Betancourt (1908), José Antonio Páez (1790), Juan Vicente Gómez (1857), Marcos Pérez Jiménez (1914), and Andrés Bello (1781).

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