Political, former union leader and Venezuelan diplomat. He is the current constitutional president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela after being elected in the elections of April 14, 2013.
He was born in Caracas, November 23, 1962. He was a militant in the Bolivarian Revolutionary Movement 200 (MBR-200) and was a prominent activist for the freedom of Hugo Chavez when he was in prison for his participation in the 1992 military insurrection.
He was the national founder of the Bolivarian Workers' Force (FBT), being its National Coordinator. Member of the Constituent Assembly between August 1999 and August 2000.
He served as a deputy since 2000 and later served as President of the Venezuelan National Assembly from 2005 to 2006.
For almost 7 years (2006-2013), he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, from which he promoted the reinstatement of Venezuela's international relations, the nation's entry into MERCOSUR, and the founding of important regional spaces such as UNASUR and CELAC.
On October 10, 2012, three days after the October 6 presidential election, President Chavez appointed him as deputy president to replace ElÃas Jaua, who would assume the candidacy for the governorship of Miranda State.
Later, on December 8 of the same year, during a radio-television intervention in which Chávez announced a new surgical intervention in Cuba, he requested that in case of absolute lack, Maduro be chosen as his successor at the head of the Venezuelan presidency.
After the death of Chávez, on March 5, 2013, he served as president in charge of the Bolivarian nation until April 14, 2013 when he was elected president of Venezuela in presidential elections, being sworn in on April 19 of the same year.
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