Marisabel Rodríguez de Chávez
Marisabel Rodríguez | |
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Alicia Pietri Montemayor | |
Succeeded by | Cilia Flores |
Personal details | |
Born | Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela | 23 November 1964
Political party | PODEMOS |
Spouse(s) | Allessandro Lanaro Perez (Div.) Hugo Chávez (Div.) Felix Garcia (Div.) |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Vicente Rodríguez María Oropeza |
Residence | Barquisimeto |
Profession | Journalist |
Marisabel Rodríguez Oropeza (born 23 November 1964) is a Venezuelan journalist, publicist and radio announcer. She is best known for having been the second wife of former Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez.[1]
Early life
Rodríguez was born in Barquisimeto.
Career
Politics
In 1999, Rodríguez was elected a member of the
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 Barquisimeto. She has also produced the informative radio program "Líder en la Noticia".[2]
Personal life
Her first marriage was to Allessandro Lanaro Pérez.
She married
She divorced her third husband in 2009, Félix Lisandro García, a tennis instructor.
She has two children: Raúl Alfonzo Ramírez Rodríguez (1990), with César Antonio Ramírez Vidal (1960) and Rosinés Chávez Rodríguez (1997), with Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías. She also has two grandchildren: Martina Ramírez Ramos, born on December 21, 2017, and Damián Ramírez Ramos, born on May 14, 2019 (Raúl's children with his wife Carla Alejandra Ramos Arráez).
See also
- List of first ladies of Venezuela
- Hugo Chavez
References
- ^ Romero, Simon (12 May 2008). "Venezuela's President Scorned by Bitter Political Foe: His Ex-Wife". The New York Times. p. 6. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ Video of Marisabel Rodríguez Oropeza in 2007
- ^ Photo of Marisabel Rodriguez de Chavez, with daughter Rosines and husband
- ^ Interview to Marisabel Rodríguez on Globovisión (in Spanish) Archived 2008-03-31 at the Wayback Machine