Bio: Nicolas Maduro

On October 13, 2012, President Hugo Chavez picked Nicolas Maduro as his Vice-President. Chavez was suffering from cancer and said that, should his condition worsen and a new presidential election be called to replace him, Venezuelans should vote for Maduro to succeed him. Chavez died on March 5, 2013.On that day, Maduro was sworn in as interim-President. He won a very close election for President on April 14, 2013. He was re-elected in 2018 and 2024.

Nicolas Maduro Moro was born on November 23, 1962 into a working-class family. His father was a prominent trade union leader. Maduro attended public high school in Caracas.[1] He became a member of the Socialist League. Maduro lived in Havana, Cuba for a year and took courses with other members of Latin American leftist organizations. He was a bus driver in Caracas for seven years and was elected union representative. Maduro visited Hugo Chavez in jail in 1993. He campaigned for Chavez’s release. Maduro was instrumental in founding the Movement of the Fifth Republic, which supported Chavez in his run for President in 1998.[2]

Maduro was elected to the Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies in 1998, to the National Constituent Assembly in 1999, and to the National Assembly in 2000, at all times representing the Capital District. He served as President of the National Assembly 2005-2006. Chavez named Maduro to the position of Foreign Minister and he served in that position from 2006 to 2012. Maduro traveled extensively and met with many world leaders as he carried out Chavez’s foreign policy initiatives.

     

1.    . Guardian, Who is Nicolas Maduro? Profile of Venezuela’s New President, April 15, 2013.

2.     Guardian, Nicolas Maduro: Hugo Chavez’s Incendiary Heir, December 13, 2012

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