Marisabel Rodríguez Oropeza (born 23 November 1964) is a

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

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, publicist and radio announcer. She is best known for having been the second wife of former Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez.

Early life

Rodríguez was born in

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Career

Politics

In 1999, Rodríguez was elected a member of the 1999 Constituent Assembly of Venezuela, in the process which wrote the present

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. She was elected with the second highest margin in the elections. She was then elected president of the Constituent Social Rights Commission and president of the '' Fundación del Niño'', a state-funded

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that works helping and supporting children throughout the country. For almost two decades, Marisabel has been working in the area of social communications, especially public relations and as editor of the social section of ''El Impulso'', one of the most important journals in midwest Venezuela.

Television and radio

Rodríguez is an announcer and radio producer. She produced a magazine for children, "El Club de los Exploradores". She has anchored for television stations including ''Telecentro'' and ''Niños Cantores Televisión'' in her hometown of

. She has also produced the informative radio program "''Líder en la Noticia''".

Personal life

Her first marriage was to Allessandro Lanaro Pérezone, with whom she had a son. She married

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in 1997. They had one daughter together, Rosines. In 2004 she and Chávez officially divorced, after 2 years of separation. In 2007, she publicly denounced the constitutional reforms proposed by Chávez.Interview to Marisabel Rodríguez on Globovisión (in Spanish)
She divorced her third husband in 2009, Félix Lisandro García, a tennis instructor.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez De Chavez, Marisabel 1964 births Living people People from Barquisimeto First Ladies of Venezuela Chávez family Members of the Venezuelan Constituent Assembly of 1999