Nicolás Maduro Guerra

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Maduro and the second or maternal family name is Guerra.
Nicolás Maduro Guerra
Head of Corps of Special Inspectors of the Presidency of the Republic
Assumed office
23 September 2013
President Nicolás Maduro
Preceded by Position established
Coordinator of National Film School of Venezuela
Assumed office
21 June 2014
President Nicolás Maduro
Preceded by Position established
Personal details
Born Nicolás Ernesto Maduro Guerra
(1990-06-21) 21 June 1990
Venezuela
Political party United Socialist Party
Spouse(s) Grysell Torres

Nicolas Maduro Ernesto Guerra is a politician and the only son of President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro. He was appointed as Head of Corps of Special Inspectors of the Presidency of the Republic and Coordinator of National Film School of Venezuela by his father.[1] He was also elected by the PSUV party congress in 2014 to be the delegate of El Valle Capital District.[2]

Early life and education

Maduro Guerra was born in Venezuela on 21 June 1990. He was the child of his father's first marriage with Adriana Guerra Angulo.[3] As a child, he was interested in arts[4] and between and 1998 and 2004, he was a flutist in Venezuela's El Sistema program.[1] Though Maduro Guerra sought a career in music, he placed 77 of 235 on a waiting list for the National Experimental University of the Artsand decided to abandon the idea.[4] His high school scores were "not extraordinary", he scored 42.368% in reading classes and 64.461% in mathematics, graduating from Liceo Urbaneja Achelpohl School.[4]

Maduro Guerra attended the National Experimental University of the Armed Forces where he specialized in economics.[1][5] In 2011, he began working for the Public Ministry of Venezuela until his condition became unknown among the organization in 2014.[5]

Political career

Maduro Guerra's political career began shortly after his father became President of Venezuela. On 23 September 2013, he was appointed by his father as Head of Corps of Special Inspectors of the Presidency of the Republic, an organization designated to observe the effects of policies implemented by the President of Venezuela.[6] On his 24th birthday on 21 June 2014, his father again appointed him as Coordinator of National Film School of Venezuela.[5] Prior to his appointments, Maduro Guerra had little experience as a politician[1] and no experience in cinema.[5]

On 21 July 2014, the PSUV held a party congress and voted for Maduro Guerra to be a delegate for the El Valle Capital District.[2]

Personal life

Maduro Guerra is married to Grysell Torres and has two daughters; one born in 2007 and the other born in 2014.[4]

Controversy

Nepotism

His father President Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores had been accused of participating in acts of nepotism with family members, allegedly placing them in positions throughout the Venezuelan government.[7][8][9][10] His appointments as Head of Corps of Special Inspectors of the Presidency of the Republic and Coordinator of National Film School of Venezuela by his father, President Maduro, was criticized as being an example of his family's acts of alleged nepotism.[7] Filmmakers and individuals in entertainment scoffed at the idea of Maduro Guerra being the Coordinator of National Film School of Venezuela with filmmaker Jonathan Jakubowicz stating that Maduro Guerra would teach student how to make "torture films, propaganda films, Bolivarian soft porn, silent movies".[1]

Jose Zalt wedding incident

External video
Maduro Guerra being showered with dollar bills at a wedding. on YouTube

At the wedding of Jose Zalt, a Syrian-Venezuelan businessman that owns the clothing brand Wintex, on 14 March 2015, Maduro Guerra was seen being showered with American dollars at the gathering in the luxurious Gran Melia Hotel in Caracas.[11] The incident caused outrage among Venezuelans who believed this to be hypocritical of President Maduro, especially since many Venezuelans were experiencing hardships due to the poor state of the economy and due to the president's public denouncements of capitalism.[11][12][13][14][15][16] During a PSUV National Congress, Maduro Guerra responded to the incident only calling it "gossip".[17]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "El veloz ascenso de Nicolasito Maduro, hijo del presidente". Infobae. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 Rodríguez, Dulce María (21 July 2014). "Hijo del presidente Maduro; resultó electo delegado". www.el-nacional.com. El Nacional. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Vinogradoff, Ludmila (3 September 2013). "La oposición presenta nuevas pruebas sobre el origen de Nicolás Maduro". ABC. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Fermin, Daniel (12 January 2015). "La boleta de clase del hijo de Maduro". El Estímulo. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Hijo de Maduro coordinará la Escuela Nacional de Cine de Venezuela". La República. 22 June 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Asamblea Nacional". www.asambleanacional.gov.ve. National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Enchufismo en el gobierno venezolano: Nicolasito Maduro Guerra, jefe del Cuerpo de Inspectores". ABC. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Lares Martiz, Valentina (15 July 2008). "Denuncian por nepotismo a la presidenta del Congreso venezolano, Cilia Flores". El Tiempo (Colombia). Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  9. ↑ Clan Flores fuera de la AN
  10. ↑ "Es falso que tenga muchos familiares en la Asamblea" 30 May 2008.
  11. 1 2 "Venezuelan president's son, Nicolas Maduro Jr., showered in dollar bills as economy collapses". Fox News Latino. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "El hijo de Nicolás Maduro bailó bajo una lluvia de dólares en una fiesta". La Nación. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "Polémica por un video del hijo de Maduro en el que baila entre billetes". Infobae. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  14. ↑ "Hijo de Maduro baila bajo lluvia de billetes". La Razón. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  15. ↑ "En video: el hijo de Nicolás Maduro baila en una 'lluvia' de billetes". El Tiempo. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  16. ↑ "Como el hijo de Maduro: Otros escándalos del chavismo". El Comercio. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  17. ↑ "Hijo de Maduro habla sobre su polémico baile y lo llama un "chisme"". El Nacional. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
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