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Cilia Flores
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Flores in April 2013
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| First Lady of Venezuela | |
| Assumed role 19 April 2013 |
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| President | Nicolás Maduro |
| Preceded by | Marisabel Rodríguez de Chávez |
| 4th President of the National Assembly | |
| In office 15 August 2006 – 5 January 2011 |
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| President | Hugo Chávez |
| Preceded by | Nicolás Maduro |
| Succeeded by | Fernando Soto Rojas |
| Attorney General of Venezuela | |
| In office 25 January 2012 – 11 March 2013 |
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| President | Hugo Chávez Nicolás Maduro |
| Preceded by | Carlos Escarrá |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Enrique Galindo |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 5 January 2016 – 2 June 2017 |
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| Constituency | Cojedes |
| In office 30 July 2000 – 2 February 2012 |
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| Constituency | Capital District |
| Member of the National Constituent Assembly | |
| Assumed office 4 August 2017 |
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| Personal details | |
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Cilia Adela Flores
15 October 1956 Tinaquillo, Venezuela |
| Political party | PSUV |
| Spouses | Walter Gavidia Rodríguez (div.) |
| Children | 3 |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro, born on October 15, 1956, is a Venezuelan lawyer and politician. She is married to Nicolás Maduro, who is the President of Venezuela. This makes her the First Lady of the country.
Since 2015, she has also been a representative (called a deputy) in Venezuela's National Assembly. She represented her home state of Cojedes. Before that, she served as the president of the National Assembly from 2006 to 2011. In 2017, she became a member of the Constituent National Assembly.
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Cilia Flores's Political Journey
Cilia Flores has had a long career in Venezuelan politics. She started as a lawyer and later held several important roles in the government.
Early Political Work
As a lawyer, Cilia Flores was part of the team that helped Hugo Chávez get out of prison in 1994. He had been in prison after a political event in 1992.
Role in the National Assembly
In 2000, Flores was chosen as a deputy in the National Assembly. She is a member of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). In August 2006, she took over from her future husband, Nicolás Maduro, as the Speaker of the Assembly. He had left the role to become the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Cilia Flores was the first woman to be the president of the National Assembly, serving from 2006 to 2011.
On January 10, 2007, Flores officially swore Hugo Chávez into office after he won the 2006 presidential election. From 2012 until Nicolás Maduro was elected president, she also served as the Attorney General of Venezuela.
Becoming First Lady
When Nicolás Maduro won the 2013 presidential election, Cilia Flores became Venezuela's First Lady. This position had been empty since 2003. As First Lady, Flores ran for a seat in the National Assembly again in the 2015 parliamentary elections. She was a candidate for the Great Patriotic Pole political group. She stated that she wanted to use her position to protect the social rights of citizens.
In 2017, Flores was elected to the Constituent Assembly of Venezuela.
Cilia Flores's Family Life
Cilia Flores was first married to Walter Ramón Gavidia. She is now married to President Nicolás Maduro. They had been in a relationship since the 1990s, when Flores was Hugo Chávez's lawyer. They got married in July 2013, a few months after Maduro became president.
Nicolás Maduro has a son named Nicolás Maduro Guerra. He has held important government positions. Cilia Flores also has an adopted son, Efraín Antonio Campo Flores, who is her nephew.
See also
In Spanish: Cilia Flores para niños
- List of first ladies of Venezuela
