http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicol%C3%A1s_Maduro Nicolás Maduro was born on 23 November 1962 in Caracas, Venezuela, the son of a union leader.[3][4] He attended a public high school at the Liceo José Ávalos in El Valle, a working-class neighborhood on the western outskirts of Caracas.[4][5] His first introduction to politics was when he became a member of his high school's student union.[3]
Maduro was raised as a Roman Catholic, and his paternal family ancestry is of Sephardic Jewish origin.[6][7][8][9] In 2012 it was reported that he was a follower of Indian guru Sathya Sai Baba.[10]