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
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 ...
.
He was secretary of the Barinas state government when his father,
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 ...
, was the governor from 1998 to 2008. In 2011, he was appointed Vice Minister of Electrical Development of the Ministry of Popular Power for Electric Power.
He has a daughter: Laura Alejandra Chávez Contreras, born on February 23, 1984. On January 24, 1999, he married the
lawyer
A lawyer is a person who is qualified to offer advice about the law, draft legal documents, or represent individuals in legal matters.
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Belkis Del Pilar Quintero Infante (1969), with whom he has a son: Argenis De Jesús, born on the 19th. September 2002.
Sanctions
In November 2017, Canada
sanctioned Chávez and other Venezuelan officials under the ''
Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act'', stating: "These individuals are responsible for, or complicit in, gross violations of internationally recognized human rights, have committed acts of significant corruption, or both."
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References
External links
Spiegel on Chávez family
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1958 births
Governors of Barinas (state)
People from Barinas (state)
Chávez family
United Socialist Party of Venezuela politicians
Venezuelan socialists
People of the Crisis in Venezuela
Living people