Who ran against Chavez?
Results
| Candidate | Votes |
|---|---|
| Hugo Chávez | 3,673,685 |
| Henrique Salas Römer | 2,613,161 |
| Irene Sáez | 184,568 |
| Luis Alfaro Ucero | 27,586 |
Who was Hugo Chavez and what did he do for Venezuela?
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.
Was Maduro elected in 2013?
Snap presidential elections were held in Venezuela on 14 April 2013 following the death of President Hugo Chávez on 5 March 2013. Nicolás Maduro—who had assumed the role of acting president since Chávez’s death—was declared winner with a narrow victory over his opponent Henrique Capriles, the Governor of Miranda.
Who was the first female president of Venezuela?
| María Corina Machado | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 October 1967 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Political party | Vente Venezuela |
| Other political affiliations | Coalition for Democratic Unity Súmate (2001–2010) |
| Alma mater | Andrés Bello Catholic University, IESA, Yale University |
Did Maduro lose the election?
The two leading candidates opposing Maduro, Henri Falcón and Javier Bertucci, rejected the results, saying that the election was critically flawed by irregularities. Bertucci asked that the elections be repeated with Maduro being disqualified.
Did Maduro win the last election?
Presidential elections were held in Venezuela on 20 May 2018, with incumbent Nicolás Maduro being declared re-elected for a second six-year term.
Is Maduro still the president of Venezuela?
As of June 2022, the Venezuelan presidential crisis is unresolved and who holds the office is disputed since 10 January 2019, when the opposition-majority National Assembly declared that incumbent Nicolás Maduro’s 2018 re-election was invalid and the body declared its president, Juan Guaidó, to be acting president of …
Who won Venezuela election 2020?
Amid a boycott by a majority of the opposition, the PSUV-led Great Patriotic Pole alliance won a supermajority of seats. Turnout was around 30.5%.