Nicolás Maduro Guerra

Nicolás Ernesto Maduro Guerra (born 21 June 1990), also referred to as Nicolás Maduro Jr., Maduro Jr., or Nicolasito, is a Venezuelan politician and economist and the son of the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro. Maduro Jr. has served as a deputy in the Venezuelan National Assembly in the V Legislature for the state of La Guaira since 2021, the unicameral legislative body of Venezuela. He was previously a member of the National Constituent Assembly between 2017 and 2020. He is a leader of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).

He served as head of the Corps of Special Inspectors of the Presidency and Coordinator of the National Film School of Venezuela, appointed by his father. Maduro Jr. also served in 2014 as the delegate of El Valle Capital District to the United Socialist Party of Venezuela party congress.

He has been charged in the United States for alleged drug trafficking, which he denies.

Early life and education Maduro Guerra was born in Venezuela on 21 June 1990. He is the son of his father's first marriage to Adriana Guerra Angulo. As a child, he was interested in arts and between 1998 and 2004, he was a flautist in Venezuela's El Sistema program. In 2011, he began working for the Public Ministry of Venezuela until his condition became unknown among the organization in 2014. On his 24th birthday on 21 June 2014, his father again appointed him as Coordinator of the National Film School of Venezuela.

On 11 August 2017, US President Donald Trump said that he is "not going to rule out a military option" to confront the government of Nicolás Maduro and the deepening crisis in Venezuela. Maduro Guerra responded, stating during the 5th Constituent Assembly of Venezuela session that if the United States were to attack Venezuela, "the rifles would arrive in New York, Mr. Trump, we would arrive and [even] take the White House".

At the start of the 2026 legislative session, after the United States captured his father and stepmother during strikes in Venezuela, Maduro Guerra demanded their return and characterized it as a threat to global security. He also pledged his loyalty to Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, who had assumed the acting presidency. His appointment as Head of the Corps of Special Inspectors of the Presidency was criticized as an example of his family's alleged nepotism. The incident caused outrage among Venezuelans who believed this to be hypocritical of President Maduro, especially since many Venezuelans were experiencing hardships due to the poor state of the economy and due to the president's public denouncements of capitalism. During a PSUV National Congress, Maduro Guerra responded to the incident, calling it "gossip".

Photograph incident

During a first communion party in the Creole Club of Maracaibo, a woman named Rita Morales used her cellphone to take photographs of Maduro Guerra. According to witnesses, Maduro arrived at the party surrounded by bodyguards and far from the rest of the guests. The bodyguards tried to take the mobile phone away from Morales and force her to delete the pictures after realizing that Maduro was photographed. Morales refused and left the party; days after the incident, she was visited by officers who, according to witnesses, broke her phone. On 8 June 2017, officers of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN) detained Morales and her husband when they were about to board a private flight to Aruba in the La Chinita International Airport. Morales was taken to the SEBIN headquarters in El Helicoide.

Sanctions The United States sanctioned Maduro Guerra on 28 June 2019 for being a current or former official of the Government of Venezuela, as well as being a member of Venezuela's Constituent Assembly.

Alleged drug trafficking

Along with his father and stepmother Cilia Flores and other Venezuelan government officials, Maduro Guerra has been charged by the United States for alleged drug trafficking, which he denies.