Elena Frías de Chávez (born May 14, 1935) is the mother of late

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 ...

n 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 ...

Aníbal José Chávez Frías Aníbal José Chávez Frías (January 9, 1957 – July 17, 2016) was a Venezuelan politician. He was the mayor of Sabaneta, Barinas, and the younger brother of former President Hugo Chávez and governor Adán Chávez. Chávez was born in 1956 as ...

and

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 ...

and granddaughter of Pedro Pérez Delgado. She is the former First Lady of the state of Barinas and wife of Governor

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 ...

. She grew up in the village of San Hipólito, close to the capital city of Barinas, and met her husband,

, when she was 17 and he was 18. She has raised seven sons including Hugo, her second born.''Hugo Chávez: The Definitive Biography of Venezuela's Controversial President'', Cristina Marcano & Alberto Barrera Tyszka. Translated by Kristina Cordero. New York: Random House, 2007.

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