The 49th President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro: biography, family, career

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Venezuela along with Hugo Chavez for many years put into practice the ideas of the Bolivarian revolution. Currently at the head of the process is the current President Nicolas Maduro. In “legacy” from the previous government he got a lot of problems. His reign is not easy – why are only the protests in Venezuela in the years 2014-2017, when the opposition was trying to depose the rightful rulers. But about all under the order.

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Brief biography Maduro

Nicolas Maduro was born in 1962 in the capital of Venezuela. On the paternal side his grandparents were Jews who converted to Catholicism. About the childhood of the future President of Venezuela, little is known. Already in the seventies he became one of the leaders of the student movement and the trade Union (informal) representing construction workers underground. Later the young man graduated from high school and middle school. Nicolas Maduro is considered one of the founders of the Movement for the fifth Republic, the important role he played in the liberation of Hugo Chavez.

Meeting with Hugo Chavez

In 1994, Chavez was imprisoned for a failed military coup in the country two years earlier. As an active supporter of the revolution and trade unionist, Maduro played in the liberation of the leader role. Since then, he has become the confidant of the leader: was part of the leadership of the Bolivarian revolutionary headquarters.

His campaign, Hugo Chavez began with the promise to carry out sweeping reforms in the political sphere, to change the name of the state, to undertake to eliminate a significant property stratification in society, to initiate the fight against poverty and illiteracy. He is not only up to the inauguration, but in the beginning of his reign was actively opposed by the rich strata of society and private media, comprising 90% of the total number of Newspapers, magazines, television and radio.

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All this time the future Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was the right hand of a national leader.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro

Political career

Maduro's Political career began as a student. But especially a fast-paced biography of Nicolas Maduro began to develop after meeting with Hugo Chavez, and the arrival of the latter to power. He was elected to the National Assembly, the Chamber of deputies and the Constitutional Assembly. Despite the fact that Nicolas Maduro had never received higher education, he became the speaker of Parliament, and distinguished himself in that office. Later, under his leadership, developed the new Labour code of Venezuela, which entered into force in 2012.

Separately, you can highlight the activity of Maduro as Minister of foreign Affairs. He led an anti-American course. The following case, which has intensified anti-American policy position: in 2006, Maduro was detained at the international airport in the United States when he tried to pay three ticket in cash. He was taken to the guard room where they were holding a half hour. This event caused a political scandal between Venezuela and the United States, since such actions against officials of a foreign state is considered a gross violation of diplomacy.

With regard to relations with Russia, they began to actively develop in a positive way immediately after the arrival of Chavez to power. Maduro, as foreign Minister, participated in diplomatic meetings, was in charge of the contacts and the energy and weapons, initiated cultural and economic cooperation between Russia and Venezuela.

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Presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Venezuela in early April 2013, but less than a month, Hugo Chavez, win, died. Back in 2012, when the President left for Cuba to undergo treatment for cancer, he ordered that in the event of his death, the successor wants to see is Nicolas Maduro. That he won the election, received 50.61% of the votes of the citizens.

First steps on a post

From Hugo Chavez, in the last years of the reign suffering from cancer, Maduro has got a lot of problems: first, the huge foreign debt, secondly, the budget deficit. In October 2013, the 49th President of Venezuela appealed to the government to give it enhanced powers to better combat corruption and economic crisis threaten Venezuela. He had the votes of deputies, to get more opportunities to post.

By order of the President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro in a short time was arrested the staff and owners of shops that were selling electrical goods. All products were sold at a price of 10% of the initial value. For refusing the demand to reduce prices was nationalized commercial network Daka. The reason: the owners released a product with a premium of 1000% or more, when it was allowed to add only 30%. Despite these aggressive measures, the problem of inflation quickly resolve failed.

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Top left and the crime rate in the country, which later became one of the reasons for the mass protests of the population.

Mass protests

The Demonstrations began with the requirement to provide sufficient security to overcome the economic crisis, which, in the opinion of the population, was caused by last actions of the government. Of the participants in thesedemonstrations immediately detained, prompting a new surge of popular discontent. Nicolas Maduro then went on television calling for calm, he also stated that he is preparing a coup, and urged his supporters to walk the streets marching for peace.

The President has sought to find a common language with the population: he began to go live on the radio in the program “In touch with Maduro”. The leader believed that this will allow us to respond to problems and live to comment the current political and economic situation.

In the subsequent 2014-2015, the country's economic situation again deteriorated. With new force protests erupted. According to the results of the 2015 elections, the most part of places in Parliament was received by the opponents of the current President. The situation is exacerbated.

The Crisis in relations with Colombia

In 2015, sparked a diplomatic and economic crisis between the governments of Venezuela and Colombia. The reason: the alleged presence in Venezuela of the paramilitary groups, whose task would be the subsequent Declaration of a state of emergency in a number of settlements and the closure of the border between the countries indefinitely. A state of emergency is still declared, Colombians internally deported, had severed diplomatic relations between the two countries. The effects of the crisis were the zoning and humanitarian crisis.

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Attempt removal

The Opposition accused the incumbent President in a coup attempt in 2016. The national Assembly later voted to impeach the head of state and open on it criminal case on charges of disrupting the referendum. Nicolas Maduro, then met with the Pope and asked for help, after which the procedure was suspended. After a couple of months, the government again attempted to remove the President from office, but the Supreme Court said that the Parliament cannot impeach the President.

Family of Nicolas Maduro

Maduro's Wife, Celia Flores, older than 10 years. She was a lawyer, Hugo Chavez, and later succeeded her husband to the post of the speaker. The President has a son – Nicolas Maduro, the politician.


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