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Index Venezuela Main Page The Hugo Chavez Era Begins Chavez Survives Referendum, Consolidates Power New Referendum Fails but Chavez is Undeterred New Challenges for Chavez at Home and Abroad Chavez Experiences Electoral Setback and Battles Health Issues Major League Baseball Player Kidnapped An End to the Monroe Doctrine? Chavez Wins 2012 Presidential Election Chavez Still Battling Cancer in Late 2012 Chavez's New Term Begins Without Him Chavez Dies After a Long Battle with Cancer Special Election Held to Replace Chavez

Special Election Held to Replace Chavez

On April 14, 2013, a special presidential election was held. Nicolás Maduro won by a slim margin. Maduro received 50.8 percent of the vote. Henrique Capriles Radonski, who recently lost to Chavez in the October 2012 election, was close behind with 49 percent.

Maduro assumed office on April 19, 2013. Meanwhile, the opposition questioned the constitutionality of his election. In naming his cabinet, Maduro kept Elias Jaua on as foreign minister and Diego Molero as defense minister. Jaua and Molero served in the same roles under Chavez.

See also Encyclopedia: Venezuela .
U.S. State Dept. Country Notes: Venezuela

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