VENEZUELAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 2000

A 'presidential election' was held in the 'Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela' on July 30 2000. This was the first election held under Venezuela's newly adopted 1999 constitution.

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As a result of this election, incumbent President Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (originally voted in under the previous constitution in 1998; see 1998 election results) was elected to a second six-year term. He was sworn in on August 19 2000.
On June 8 2004 it was announced that the result of this election would be put to a recall referendum on 15 August. See: Venezuelan recall referendum, 2004.

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