Marisabel RodrÃÂguez Oropeza (born 23 November 1964) is a Venezuelan journalist, publicist and radio announcer. She is best known for having been the second wife of former Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez.
RodrÃÂguez was born in Barquisimeto.
In 1999, RodrÃÂguez was elected a member of the 1999 Constituent Assembly of Venezuela, in the process which wrote the present Constitution of Venezuela. She was elected with the second highest margin in the elections. She was then elected president of the Constituent Social Rights Commission and president of the Fundación del Niño, a state-funded foundation that works helping and supporting children throughout the country.
For almost two decades, Marisabel has been working in the area of social communications, especially public relations and as editor of the social section of El Impulso, one of the most important journals in midwest Venezuela.
RodrÃÂguez is an announcer and radio producer. She produced a magazine for children, "El Club de los Exploradores". She has anchored for television stations including Telecentro and Niños Cantores Televisión in her hometown of Barquisimeto. She has also produced the informative radio program "LÃÂder en la Noticia".
Her first marriage was to Allessandro Lanaro Pérez.
She married Hugo Chávez FrÃÂas in 1997. In 2004 she and Chávez officially divorced, after two years of separation. In 2007, she publicly denounced the constitutional reforms proposed by Chávez.
She divorced her third husband in 2009, Félix Lisandro GarcÃÂa, a tennis instructor.
She has two children: Raúl Alfonzo RamÃÂrez RodrÃÂguez (1990), with César Antonio RamÃÂrez Vidal (1960) and Rosinés Chávez RodrÃÂguez (1997), with Hugo Rafael Chávez FrÃÂas. She also has two grandchildren: Martina RamÃÂrez Ramos, born on December 21, 2017, and Damián RamÃÂrez Ramos, born on May 14, 2019 (Raúl's children with his wife Carla Alejandra Ramos Arráez).