Nicolás Maduro

Maduro in 2016, photo by Golden Brown/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Nicolás Maduro Moros

Place of Birth: Caracas, Venezuela

Date of Birth: 23 November, 1962

Ethnicity: Venezuelan, Colombian, Aruban [including African, Indigenous, Spanish, Sephardi Jewish, Dutch, French, Portuguese]

Nicolás Maduro is a Venezuelan politician. He has been President of Venezuela, and President of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, both, since 5 March, 2013. He has also been President of the National Assembly of Venezuela, from 5 January, 2005 to 7 August, 2006, Minister of Foreign Affairs, from 9 August, 2006 to 13 October, 2012, Vice President of Venezuela, from 13 October, 2012 to 5 March, 2013, President pro tempore of the Union of South American Nations, from 23 April, 2016 to 21 April, 2017, and Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement, from 17 September, 2016 to 25 October, 2019.

He is the son of Teresa de Jesús Moros, a Colombian, from Cúcuta, and Nicolás Jesús Maduro Garcia, a Venezuelan trade unionist, who was born in San José de la Costa, Falcón. He is married to lawyer and politician Cilia Flores, who has been President of the National Assembly, from 15 August, 2006 to 5 January, 2011, and Attorney General of Venezuela, from 25 January, 2012 to 11 March, 2013. He has a son, politician Nicolás Maduro Guerra (Nicolás Ernesto Maduro Guerra), with his former wife Adriana Guerra Angulo. His son holds several minor offices in the government.

Nicolás was raised Catholic. He also follows the teachings of guru Sathya Sai Baba.

Nicolás’ paternal family ancestry is said to be of part Sephardi Jewish origin. They are said to trace their migration to Venezuela from Curaçao, and prior to that Holland (Netherlands), ultimately coming from the Netherlands’ community of Spanish and Portuguese Jews (i.e. Western Sephardi).

Nicolás’ paternal grandfather was named Nicolás Maduro (the son of Francisco “Fanchi” Oduber Penso, and of a woman surnamed Maudro). Francisco was born in Coro, Miranda, Falcón, Venezuela, the son of Dr. Horacio Eulogio Oduber, whose parents were from Aruba; and of Antonia Cristina Penso, who also had at least partial roots on Aruba.

Nicolás paternal grandmother was named María Presentación García. María was born in Paraguaná Peninsula, Falcón, Venezuela.

Nicolás’ maternal grandfather was Pablo Antonio Moros Rodríguez (the son of Rafael Moros Vega and María Natividad Rodríguez). Rafael was the son of Jose Rafael Moros Parra and Maria Antonia Vega Mesa.

Nicolás’ maternal grandmother was Adelina Acevedo Escalante (the daughter of José María Acevedo and Simona Escalante). José María was the son of Alejandra Acevedo. Simona was the daughter of María del Tránsito Escalante.

Sources: http://ccee.fullblog.com.ar
http://www.abc.es

Family history of Nicolás Maduro – http://genealogiacolombiana.com

Genealogy of Nicolás Maduro – https://www.geni.com

Genealogy of Nicolás’ paternal great-grandfather, Francisco “Fanchi” Oduber Penso – https://www.geni.com

Baptismal record of Nicolás’ mother – https://familysearch.org