Cilia Flores

Also known as Cilia Adela Flores, Cilia Adela Gavidia Flores de Maduro

Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro is a Venezuelan lawyer and politician who served as the first lady of Venezuela from 2013 to 2026, as the wife of Nicolás Maduro, the 53rd president of Venezuela. A member of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, she served as president of National Assembly of Venezuela from 2006 to 2011. On 3 January 2026, she and her husband were captured and extracted out of Venezuela following the United States intervention, resulting in his de facto removal from power.

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President: Nicolás Maduro
Preceded by: Marisabel Rodríguez de Chávez
Succeeded by: Vacant
Constituency: National List
Born: Cilia Adela Flores , ( 1956-10-15 ) 15 October 1956 (age 69) , Tinaquillo , Cojedes, Venezuela
Party: PSUV (since 2007)
Other political affiliations: MVR (1997-2006)
Spouses: Walter Gavidia Rodríguez ( divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. ) Nicolás Maduro ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 15 July 2013</span>"}]]}'>2013 )
Profession: Lawyer
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Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro (born 15 October 1956) is a Venezuelan lawyer and politician who served as the first lady of Venezuela from 2013 to 2026, as the wife of Nicolás Maduro, the 53rd president of Venezuela. A member of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, she served as president of National Assembly of Venezuela from 2006 to 2011. On 3 January 2026, she and Maduro were captured and extracted out of Venezuela following the United States intervention, resulting in his de facto removal from power.

Born into a lower middle-class family in Tinaquillo, Flores graduated from the Universidad Santa María with a law degree. In 2017, the Constituent National Assembly was founded in which she was a member of the Presidential Commission.