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
Flores in 2023
Flores with President Hugo Chávez in 2009
Efraín Antonio Campo Flores and Francisco Flores de Freitas after their arrest by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration on 10 November 2015
Maduro and Flores with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brasília, Brazil, 29 May 2023
On 3 January 2026, the United States launched a military strike in Venezuela and captured incumbent Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The US operation, codenamed Operatio
Cilia Flores
…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…
Nicolas Maduro USS Iwo Jima
P20260103MR 0139 President Donald Trump, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Secretary of State Marco Rubio monitor U.S. military operations in Venezuela
U.S. Military aircraft return following actions in Venezuela
P20260103MR 0819 President Donald Trump and CIA Director John Ratcliffe monitor U.S. military operations in Venezuela