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

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Hugo Chávez Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (; 28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician who was president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013, except for a brief period in 2002. Chávez was also leader of the Fifth Republ ...

, Aníbal José Chávez Frías and Adán Chávez. She is the former First Lady of the state of Barinas and wife of Governor Hugo de los Reyes Chávez. She grew up in the village of San Hipólito, close to the capital city of Barinas, and met her husband, Hugo de los Reyes Chávez, when she was 16 and he was 19 and working as a rural schoolteacher. She has raised six 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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