NAME: Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías
OCCUPATION: World Leader
BIRTH DATE: July 28 , 1954
DEATH DATE: March 05 , 2013
EDUCATION: Venezuelan Academy of Military Sciences

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Hugo Chávez served as president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013. During his presidency, he sold oil to Cuba and resisted efforts to stop narcotic trafficking in Columbia, and subsequently strained relations with the United States.