Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was the President of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013. He was formerly the leader of the Fifth Republic Movement political party from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when it merged with several other parties to form the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), which he led until his death.
Following his own political ideology of Bolivarianism and "socialism of the 21st century", he focused on implementing socialist reforms in the country as a part of a social project known as the Bolivarian Revolution, which has seen the implementation of a new constitution, participatory democratic councils, the nationalization of several key industries, increased government funding of health care and education, and significant reductions in poverty, according to government figures.
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HOROSCOPE NOTES
A born leader, Chavez had a commanding and fatherly Leo sun and a Cancer Ascendant ruled by a first-house Cancer Moon involved in a quadruple conjunction with Jupiter, South Node, and Mercury at 14-15° Cancer.
NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART
BIRTH DATA: 28 July 1954, 04:00 (4AM) VET (+4.30), Sabaneta, Venezuela (08n46, 69w56). ASC: 6 Cancer. RR=A. SOURCE: Sy Scholfield (c) quotes Orlando Albornoz's book, Academic Populism: Higher Education Policies Under State Control (Caracas: Universidad Central de Venezuela, 2005), p. 719: "In one unforgettable opportunity on state TV, the President's mother had to explain the time and the circumstances surrounding his birth. By the way, he was born at 4 am, in the middle of unusual rains and winds."
