Aníbal José Chávez Frías (January 9, 1957 – July 17, 2016) was a Venezuelan politician. He was the mayor of

Sabaneta, Barinas Sabaneta is a town in Venezuela's Barinas state. It is known for being the birthplace of the late President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, and his siblings. Sabaneta is the capital of Alberto Arvelo Torrealba Municipality in Barinas. The town was ...

, and the younger brother of former President

Hugo Chávez Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (; ; 28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician, Bolivarian Revolution, revolutionary, and Officer (armed forces), military officer who served as the 52nd president of Venezuela from 1999 until De ...

and governor

Adán Chávez Adán Chávez Frías (born April 11, 1953) is a Venezuelan politician who was Governor of Barinas state from 2008 to 2016. Previously he was Ambassador to Cuba and then Minister of Education from 2007 to 2008. Guerrilla affiliations Adán stu ...

. Chávez was born in 1956 as the third son of

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). Political career Chávez was a regional director of education and subseque ...

and Elena Frías de Chávez.

Mayor of Sabaneta

Aníbal was the mayor of Sabaneta, a city in

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

Barinas State Barinas State (, ) is one of the 23 States of Venezuela, states of Venezuela. The state capital is Barinas, Barinas, Barinas. Barinas State covers a total surface area of and had an estimated population of 970,689 in 2015. Toponymy The topony ...

. Sabaneta is the capital city of Alberto Arvelo Torrealba municipality in Barinas. The city was founded by Juan de Alhama in 1787 and the principal industry is sugar production.

Family

Aníbal was a member of the Chávez political family. His father is

(a former state governor). Two of his brothers were also politicians:

, who was President of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013,

, governor of Barinas from 2008 to 2016 as well as

Argenis Chávez Argenis Chávez Frías (born 3 July 1958) is a Venezuelan politician who served as Governor of Barinas state from 2016 to 2021. He is one of the brothers of the former Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez. He was secretary of the Barinas state ...

, governor of Barinas from 2016 to 2021. He had three other brothers: Narciso (1955), Enzo (1959-1960) and Adelis (1961). He had three children: Aníbal, Kharla and Indira.

References

1956 births 2016 deaths People from Barinas (state) Chávez family Mayors of places in Venezuela {{Venezuela-mayor-stub