Elections in Venezuela
Hugo Chávez , the central figure of the Venezuelan political landscape since his election to the Presidency in 1998 as a political outsider , died in office in early 2013 , and was succeeded by Nicolás Maduro , initially as interim President , before winning election in April 2013 and re-election in May , 2018 . 
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