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1954 – 2013Hugo Chavez (1954-2013)Died 5 March 2013, aged 58Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela from 1999 until his death, died of cancer in Caracas. He championed a socialist political movement known as Chavismo and remained a polarising figure in Latin American politics.