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Argenis Chávez Frías
Governor of Barinas
In office
15 October 2016 – 30 November 2021
Preceded by Zenaida Gallardo
Succeeded by Sergio Garrido
Deputy Minister of Electric Power
In office
2011–2013
Personal details
Born (1958-07-03) July 3, 1958 (age 66)
Sabaneta, Barinas, Venezuela
Political party United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV)
Spouse
Belkis Quintero
(m. 1999)
Relations Pedro Pérez Delgado (great-grandfather)
Adán Chávez (brother)
Hugo Chávez (brother)
Aníbal José Chávez Frías (brother)
María Gabriela Chávez (niece)
Asdrúbal Chávez (cousin)
Children 2
Parents Hugo de los Reyes Chávez
Elena Frías de Chávez

Argenis Chávez Frías (born 3 July 1958) is a Venezuelan politician who served as Governor of Barinas state from 2016 to 2021. He is one of the brothers of the former Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez.

He was secretary of the Barinas state government when his father, Hugo de los Reyes Chávez, was the governor from 1998 to 2008. In 2011, he was appointed Vice Minister of Electrical Development of the Ministry of Popular Power for Electric Power.

He has a daughter: Laura Alejandra Chávez Contreras, born on February 23, 1984. On January 24, 1999, he married the lawyer Belkis Del Pilar Quintero Infante (1969), with whom he has a son: Argenis De Jesús, born on the 19th. September 2002.

Sanctions

In November 2017, Canada sanctioned Chávez and other Venezuelan officials under the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act, stating: "These individuals are responsible for, or complicit in, gross violations of internationally recognized human rights, have committed acts of significant corruption, or both."

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