Hugo de los Reyes Chávez (6 January 1933 – 9 April 2024) was a Venezuelan state politician and the father of the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez (1954–2013).
Chávez was a regional director of education and subsequently rose to prominence as a member of the Social Christian Party COPEI.
He was the youngest of the three children of José Rafael Saavedra (1890-1945) and Rosa Inés Chávez (1913-1982).
He dropped out of school after completing the sixth grade, later qualifying to teach.
His other sons included: Adán Chávez (born 1953), who succeeded him as governor of Barinas; Anibal José Chávez Frías (1957–2016), who served as mayor of Sabaneta, Barinas, from 2004 to 2016; Argenis Chávez (born 1958), the governor of Barinas from 2016 to 2021 and three other sons: Narciso (1955), Enzo (1959-1960) and Adelis (1961).