Elena Frías de Chávez (born May 14, 1935) is the mother of late Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, Aníbal José Chávez Frías and Adán Chávez. She is the former First Lady of the state of Barinas and wife of Governor Hugo de los Reyes Chávez. She grew up in the village of San Hipólito, close to the capital city of Barinas, and met her husband, Hugo de los Reyes Chávez, when she was 16 and he was 19 and working as a rural schoolteacher. She has raised six sons, including Hugo, her second born. References 21st-century Venezuelan women politicians 21st-century Venezuelan politicians Living people 1935 births People from Barinas (state) Venezuelan schoolteachers Chávez family