Cilia Flores

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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 their 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. Flores and Maduro made their initial court appearance in a Manhattan federal court on 5 January 2026, with each pleading not guilty to numerous drug trafficking charges. The couple was previously indicted by the United States District Court for the Southern...

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