http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicol%C3%A1s_Maduro Nicolás Maduro was born in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1962, the son of a union leader.[5] He attended a public high school at the Liceo José Ávalos in El Valle, a working-class neighborhood on the western outskirts of Caracas.[5][6] His first introduction to politics was when he became a member of his high school's student union.[7]
Maduro was raised as a Roman Catholic, and his paternal family ancestry is of Sephardic Jewish origin.[8][9][10][11][12] He has also been associated with the Sathya Sai Baba movement and is a devotee of Sathya Sai Baba.[13]