Marisabel Rodríguez de Chávez

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Marisabel Rodríguez
Alicia Pietri Montemayor
Succeeded byCilia Flores
Personal details
Born (1964-11-23) 23 November 1964 (age 60)
Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela
Political partyPODEMOS
Spouse(s)Allessandro Lanaro Perez (Div.)
Hugo Chávez (Div.)
Felix Garcia (Div.)
Children2
Parent(s)Vicente Rodríguez
María Oropeza
ResidenceBarquisimeto
ProfessionJournalist

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

foundation
that works helping and supporting children throughout the country.

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

Hugo Chávez Frías in 1997.[3] In 2004 she and Chávez officially divorced, after 2 years of separation. In 2007, she publicly denounced the constitutional reforms proposed by Chávez.[4]

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Video of Marisabel Rodríguez Oropeza in 2007
  3. ^ Photo of Marisabel Rodriguez de Chavez, with daughter Rosines and husband
  4. ^ Interview to Marisabel Rodríguez on Globovisión (in Spanish) Archived 2008-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Alicia Pietri de Caldera
First Lady of Venezuela
1999–2003
Succeeded by