Hugo Chávez

Extracted Attributes

• Gender

  Male

• Education

  Military Academy of the Bolivarian Army

• Full Name

  Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías

• Occupation

  Politician, Military Officer, Revolutionary

• Nationality

  Venezuelan

• Date of Birth

  1954-07-28

• Date of Death

  2013-03-05

• Cause of Death

  Cancer

• Place of Birth

  Sabaneta, Barinas, Venezuela

• Place of Death

  Hospital Militar de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela

• Political Ideology

  Chavismo, Bolivarianism, 21st-century socialism, Anti-imperialism, Anti-neoliberalism, Marxism

• Political Party (1997-2007)

  Fifth Republic Movement

• Political Party (2007-2012)

  United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV)

• President of Venezuela Term

  1999-2013

Timeline

• Born in Sabaneta, Barinas, Venezuela. (Source: Wikidata, Wikipedia)

  1954-07-28

• Founded the clandestine Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement-200 (MBR-200). (Source: Wikipedia, DBpedia)

  1980s

• Led an unsuccessful coup d'état against the government of President Carlos Andrés Pérez, resulting in his imprisonment. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBpedia)

  1992

• Pardoned from prison. (Source: Wikipedia, DBpedia)

  1994

• Founded the Fifth Republic Movement political party. (Source: Wikipedia, DBpedia)

  1997

• Elected president of Venezuela with 56.2% of the vote. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBpedia)

  1998

• Following the adoption of the 1999 Venezuelan Constitution, he began enacting social reforms as part of the Bolivarian Revolution. (Source: Wikipedia, DBpedia)

  1999

• Re-elected president of Venezuela with 59.8% of the vote. (Source: Wikipedia, DBpedia)

  2000

• Experienced a brief interruption in his presidency due to a coup attempt. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2002

• His government oversaw temporary improvements in poverty, literacy, income equality, and quality of life, primarily due to record-high oil revenues and implemented social programs. (Source: Wikipedia, DBpedia)

  2003-2007

• Re-elected president of Venezuela with 62.8% of the vote. (Source: Wikipedia, DBpedia)

  2006

• The Fifth Republic Movement merged with other parties to form the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), which he led. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBpedia)

  2007

• Declared an "economic war" on Venezuela's upper classes due to shortages, marking the arguable beginning of the crisis in Venezuela. (Source: Wikipedia, DBpedia)

  2010-06-02

• By the early 2010s, Venezuela's economy faltered, with increased poverty, inflation, and shortages due to unsustainable economic policies like deficit spending and price controls. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBpedia)

  2010s

• Won his fourth term as president in the October presidential election with 55.1% of the vote. (Source: Wikipedia, DBpedia)

  2012

• His inauguration for his fourth term was cancelled due to cancer treatment. (Source: Wikipedia, DBpedia)

  2013-01-10

• Died in Caracas, Venezuela, at the age of 58. (Source: Summary, Wikidata, Wikipedia, DBpedia)

  2013-03-05

Hugo Chávez

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías ( CHAH-vez, Latin American Spanish: [ˈuɣo rafaˈel ˈtʃaβes ˈfɾi.as] ; 28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician, revolutionary, and military officer who was the president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013, except for a brief period of forty-seven hours in 2002. Chávez was also leader of the Fifth Republic Movement political party from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when it merged with several other parties to form the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), which he led until 2012. Born into a middle-class family in Sabaneta, Barinas, Chávez became a career military officer. After becoming dissatisfied with the Venezuelan political system based on the Puntofijo Pact, he founded the clandestine Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement-200 (MBR-200) in the early 1980s. Chávez led the MBR-200 in its unsuccessful coup d'état against the Democratic Action government of President Carlos Andrés Pérez in 1992, for which he was imprisoned. Pardoned from prison two years later, he founded the Fifth Republic Movement political party, and then receiving 56.2% of the vote, was elected president of Venezuela in 1998. He was reelected in the 2000 Venezuelan general election with 59.8% of the vote and again in the 2006 Venezuelan presidential election, with 62.8% of the vote. After winning his fourth term as president in the 2012 Venezuelan presidential election with 55.1% of the vote, he was to be sworn in on 10 January 2013. However, the inauguration was cancelled due to his cancer treatment, and on 5 March at age 58, he died in Caracas. Following the adoption of the 1999 Venezuelan Constitution, Chávez focused on enacting social reforms as part of the Bolivarian Revolution. Using record-high oil revenues of the 2000s, his government nationalized key industries, created participatory democratic Communal Councils and implemented social programs known as the Bolivarian missions to expand access to food, housing, healthcare and education. While these initiatives led to temporary improvements in poverty reduction and social welfare during periods of high oil revenue, their reliance on state control and centralized planning exposed significant structural weaknesses as oil prices declined. The high oil profits coinciding with the start of Chavez's presidency resulted in temporary improvements in areas such as poverty, literacy, income equality and quality of life between primarily 2003 and 2007, though extensive changes in structural inequalities did not occur. On 2 June 2010, Chávez declared an "economic war" on Venezuela's upper classes due to shortages, arguably beginning the crisis in Venezuela. By the end of Chávez's presidency in the early 2010s, economic actions performed by his government during the preceding decade, such as deficit spending and price controls, proved to be unsustainable, with Venezuela's economy faltering. At the same time, poverty, inflation and shortages increased. Under Chávez, Venezuela experienced democratic backsliding, as he suppressed the press, manipulated electoral laws, and arrested and exiled government critics. His use of enabling acts and his government's use of propaganda were controversial. Chávez's presidency saw significant increases in the country's murder rate and continued corruption within the police force and the government. Across the political spectrum, Chávez is regarded as one of the most influential and controversial politicians in the modern history of Venezuela and Latin America. His 14-year presidency marked the start of the socialist "pink tide" sweeping Latin America—he supported Latin American and Caribbean cooperation and was instrumental in setting up the pan-regional Union of South American Nations, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas, the Bank of the South and the regional television network TeleSUR. Internationally, Chávez aligned himself with the Marxist–Leninist governments of Fidel and then Raúl Castro in Cuba, as well as the socialist governments of Evo Morales in Bolivia, Rafael Correa in Ecuador and Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua. Chávez's ideas, programs, and style form the basis of "Chavismo", a political ideology closely associated with Bolivarianism and socialism of the 21st century. Chávez described his policies as anti-imperialist, being a prominent adversary of the United States's foreign policy as well as a vocal opponent of neoliberalism and laissez-faire capitalism. He described himself as a Marxist.

Web Search Results

• Hugo Chavez | Biography, Facts, & Death - Britannica

  Hugo Chávez (born July 28, 1954, Sabaneta, Barinas, Venezuela—died March 5, 2013, Caracas) was a Venezuelan politician who was president of Venezuela (1999–2013). Chávez styled himself as the leader of the “Bolivarian Revolution,” a socialist political program for much of Latin America, named after Simón Bolívar, the South American independence hero. Although the focus of the revolution has been subject to change depending on Chávez’s goals, its key elements include nationalism, a centralized [...] ### What did Hugo Chávez do? Hugo Chávez served as president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013. He styled himself as the leader of the “Bolivarian Revolution,” a socialist political program whose key elements included nationalism, a centralized economy, and a strong military actively engaged in public projects; it became known to many as simply chavismo. ### What did Hugo Chávez accomplish? [...] Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. Hugo Chávez - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up) Also known as: Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías Written by Written by Brian A. Nelson Instructor, Johns Hopkins University, Center for Talented Youth, Baltimore, Maryland. Author of The Silence and the Scorpion: The Coup Against Chávez and the Making of Modern Venezuela. Brian A. Nelson Fact-checked by Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

• Hugo Chavez | Research Starters - EBSCO

  Hugo Chávez was a former colonel who rose to prominence as the populist president of Venezuela, serving from 1999 until his death in 2013. Born on July 28, 1954, in Sabaneta, Chávez was influenced by strong socialist and anti-imperialist ideologies, particularly modeled after Simón Bolívar. He gained widespread support among Venezuela's impoverished population through ambitious social reforms funded by the nation's oil wealth, aimed at reducing poverty and increasing literacy. However, his [...] A former colonel who became the populist president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez led one of the most controversial and influential political careers in Latin American history. His strong socialist philosophies endeared him to a swath of the left wing and many impoverished people throughout Latin America, while alienating large portions of the Venezuelan upper and middle classes. Using the wealth generated from Venezuela's oil reserves, he oversaw major social reforms that helped the country lower [...] Born on July 28, 1954, in Sabaneta, Venezuela, Hugo Rafel Chávez Frias was the son of schoolteachers who raised him in modest circumstances. His father, formerly a regional director of education and member of the Social Christian Party, went on to serve as the governor of Barinas State. Chávez himself would be married twice, and had three daughters and a son.

• Venezuela's Chavez Era | Council on Foreign Relations

  Influenced by the nineteenth-century Venezuelan revolutionary Simon Bolivar, military officer Hugo Chavez establishes the leftist Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement-200 within the army. The movement borrows from Bolivar's belief in a unified Latin America, but it also draws inspiration from the leftist Peruvian military junta of the 1970s. As a teacher at the Military Academy of Venezuela, Chavez gains a reputation for rousing lectures and pointed criticism of the Venezuelan government. He [...] Timeline # Venezuela’s Chavez Era 1958 – 2013 Hugo Chavez assumed Venezuela's presidency in 1999 on a populist platform. But critics say three terms under his "socialist revolution" have made the country increasingly resemble an authoritarian state. This timeline offers a visual account of Chavez's rise to power and the impact of his presidency. Start Oil and Corruption

• The Strategic Revolutionary Thought and Legacy of Hugo Chávez ...

  words, principles, empathy, solidarity, and courage in the face of the great challenge of saving humanity and the only planet we have. Hugo Chávez showed that history is made by people taking power and overcoming dogmatism, sectarianism, and pessimism. [...] Through both his thought and his actions, Chávez – acutely aware of the need for social change in the country since his years in military school – created a programme of social, economic, political, and cultural changes. The very formation of the MBR-200 movement brought about a vision of social justice alongside the expansion of rights that responded to the needs of the people, which the reigning neoliberal ideology had no means to address. Chávez’s contribution to economic and social [...] struggle against neoliberalism, Chávez took the course of ‘twenty-first-century socialism’, bringing together elements of the current Venezuelan and Latin American reality and elements of the historical struggles of the working class in the twentieth century to build a process that is feminist, ecological, and led by the working class, with a sense of spirituality rooted in ancestral traditions and liberation theology.

• A Critical Turning Point . Hugo Chavez Comes to Power | PBS

  | Chavez emerged from prison in 1994 as a popular populist figure. He enjoyed financial support from political groups that had been left out of the traditional parties' power-sharing agreements. The poor, the intellectuals and the traditional left also supported him. He ran for president in 1998 and was elected with 56 percent of the vote. In the early months of his presidency, Chavez's support shot up even further, reaching 80 percent according to the polls. Seen from my perch as a student in [...] Europe, Chavez's ascent from prison to the presidential palace seemed like a surreal spectacle. It seemed even less likely that, as president, he would actually usher in revolutionary change, as he had promised in his election campaign. Though he'd campaigned for the presidency as a militant, once in office President Hugo Chavez proved to be a bit of a puzzle. Although he spoke the language of the left and expressed admiration for Fidel Castro, his initial economic and political decisions [...] | | | | | | | | | | | || | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hugo Chavez Comes to Power Chavez's Revolution: From Prison Cell to Presidential Palace | | | Army Lieutenant Colonel Hugo Chavez, who headed a 1992 attempted coup against the government of then-president Carlos Andres Perez, talks to reporters on March 26, 1994, after being freed from jail. Over the next few years, Chavez would develop a support base and eventually be elected president. (Agence France-Presse)

• Award

  Order of Prince Henry

• Image

  

• Gender

  male

• Educated At

  Military Academy of the Bolivarian Army

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  politician

• Citizenship

  Venezuela

• Date Of Birth

  7/28/1954

• Date Of Death

  3/5/2013

• Place Of Birth

  Sabaneta

• Place Of Death

  Hospital Militar de Caracas

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈuɣo rafaˈel ˈtʃaβes ˈfɾi.as]; 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 Republic Movement political party from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when it merged with several other parties to form the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), which he led until 2012. Born into a middle-class family in Sabaneta, Barinas, Chávez became a career military officer and, after becoming dissatisfied with the Venezuelan political system based on the Puntofijo Pact, he founded the clandestine Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement-200 (MBR-200) in the early 1980s. Chávez led the MBR-200 in its unsuccessful coup d'état against the Democratic Action government of President Carlos Andrés Pérez in 1992, for which he was imprisoned. Pardoned from prison two years later, he founded the Fifth Republic Movement political party, and then receiving 56.2% of the vote, was elected president of Venezuela in 1998. He was re-elected in 2000 with 59.8% of the vote and again in 2006 with 62.8% of the vote. After winning his fourth term as president in the October 2012 presidential election with a decrease to 55.1% of the vote, he was to be sworn in on 10 January 2013. However, the inauguration was postponed due to his cancer treatment, and on 5 March 2013 at age 58, he died in Caracas. Following the adoption of a new constitution in 1999, Chávez focused on supposedly enacting social reforms as part of the Bolivarian Revolution. Using record-high oil revenues of the 2000s, his government nationalized key industries, created participatory democratic Communal Councils and implemented social programs known as the Bolivarian missions to expand access to food, housing, healthcare and education. The high oil profits coinciding with the start of Chavez's presidency resulted in temporary improvements in areas such as poverty, literacy, income equality and quality of life between primarily 2003 and 2007, though extensive changes in structural inequalities did not occur. On 2 June 2010, Chávez declared an "economic war" on Venezuela's upper classes due to shortages, arguably beginning the crisis in Venezuela. By the end of Chávez's presidency in the early 2010s, economic actions performed by his government during the preceding decade, such as deficit spending and price controls, proved to be unsustainable, with Venezuela's economy faltering. At the same time, poverty, inflation and shortages increased. Under Chávez, Venezuela experienced democratic backsliding, as he suppressed the press, manipulated electoral laws, and arrested and exiled government critics. His use of enabling acts and his government's use of propaganda were controversial. Chávez's presidency saw significant increases in the country's murder rate and continued corruption within the police force and government. Internationally, Chávez aligned himself with the Marxist–Leninist governments of Fidel and then Raúl Castro in Cuba, as well as the socialist governments of Evo Morales in Bolivia, Rafael Correa in Ecuador and Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua. His presidency was seen as a part of the socialist "pink tide" sweeping Latin America. Chávez described his policies as anti-imperialist, being a prominent adversary of the United States's foreign policy as well as a vocal critic of neoliberalism and laissez-faire capitalism. He described himself as a Marxist. Chávez supported Latin American and Caribbean cooperation and was instrumental in setting up the pan-regional Union of South American Nations, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas, the Bank of the South and the regional television network TeleSUR. Chavez's ideas, programs, and style form the basis of "Chavismo", a political ideology closely associated with Bolivarianism and socialism of the 21st century.