Cilia Flores Biography: Age, Husband, Net Worth, Children, Political Career, Height

Cilia Adela Gavidia Flores de Maduro full name is Cilia Flores is a Venezuelan lawyer and politician, serving as the First Lady of Venezuela since 2013, married to President Nicolás Maduro.

She has been a deputy in the National Assembly since 2015 and was its president from 2006 to 2011.

Her political career is deeply tied to the Bolivarian Revolution, but she has faced controversy, including U.S. sanctions and allegations of nepotism and drug trafficking.

Profile

• Full Name: Cilia Adela Gavidia Flores de Maduro
• Stage Name: Cilia Flores
• Born: October 15, 1956
• Age: 68 years old
• Birthplace: Tinaquillo, Cojedes, Venezuela
• Nationality: Venezuelan
• Occupation: Lawyer, Politician, First Lady of Venezuela
• Height: 5’5″ (165 cm)
• Parents: Unknown
• Siblings: Five
• Spouse: Nicolás Maduro (m. 2013), Walter Ramón Gavidia
• Children: Nicolás Maduro Guerra, Walter Jacob Gavidia Flores, Efraín Antonio Campo Flores, Francisco Flores de Freitas
• Relationship: Married
• Net Worth: $2 million to $5 million USD

Early Life and Education

Cilia Adela Gavidia Flores was born on October 15, 1956, in Tinaquillo, Cojedes, Venezuela, the youngest of six children in a working-class family.

Her father was a traveling salesman, and her family lived in a modest mud-brick shack with a dirt floor.

She studied law at the Central University of Venezuela, graduating in 1981, and later became a professor of constitutional law at the same institution.

Her early life was marked by modest circumstances, and her legal education shaped her later political involvement.

Career

Cilia Flores began her career as a lawyer, notably leading the defense team for Hugo Chávez after his 1992 coup attempt, securing his release from prison in 1994.

This role marked her entry into politics, aligning her with the Bolivarian Revolution.

She was elected to the National Assembly in 2000 as a member of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), representing Cojedes.

She served as president of the National Assembly from 2006 to 2011, the first woman in that role, and swore Chávez into office in 2007 after his 2006 election victory.

As chair of the Political Command of the Bolivarian Revolution, she helped organize Chávez’s political machine, including plans to use Bolivarian Circles as a paramilitary force in 2002.

After Nicolás Maduro’s 2013 presidential win, Flores became First Lady, a position vacant since 2003.

She was appointed Minister of Justice and Interior from 2008 to 2012 and Attorney General from 2012 to 2013.

In 2015, she was elected a deputy in the National Assembly, campaigning to defend social rights and the Bolivarian Revolution’s achievements.

In 2017, she joined the Constituent National Assembly’s Presidential Commission.

Her tenure has been controversial, with accusations of nepotism (16 relatives allegedly employed in the National Assembly) and involvement in her nephews’ 2015 drug trafficking arrest in Haiti for attempting to transport 800 kg of cocaine to New York.

The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned her in 2018, citing her role in Maduro’s inner circle and the “plundering” of Venezuela’s resources.

Social Media

Cilia Flores does not have a social media account.

Personal Life

Cilia Flores, of Venezuelan descent, resides in Caracas, Venezuela.

She has been married to President Nicolás Maduro since July 2013, after a relationship that began in the 1990s when she was Chávez’s lawyer.

Her first marriage was to Walter Ramón Gavidia, with whom she has a son, Walter Jacob Gavidia Flores.

She also adopted two nephews, Efraín Antonio Campo Flores and Francisco Flores de Freitas, who were arrested in 2015 for drug trafficking.

Maduro’s son, Nicolás Maduro Guerra, is her stepson and holds government positions.

Flores abandoned her Catholic upbringing for spiritual practices like I-Ching, Kabbalah, and devotion to Indian spiritual master Sai Baba.

Net Worth

Cilia Flores’s estimated net worth ranges from $2 million to $5 million USD, though exact figures are disputed due to her and Maduro’s lack of financial transparency.

Her wealth is attributed to her political roles, including salaries as a deputy, Minister of Justice, Attorney General, and National Assembly president.

Allegations of corruption and involvement in Venezuela’s resource “plundering” suggest potential hidden wealth, but no public records confirm this.