Hugo Chávez
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President of Venezuela, 1999–2002 and 2002–2013
Why Is Hugo Chávez Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan politician and military officer who served as 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 , which he led until 2012.
