# Chavez President Till 2050?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chavez-president-till-2050/428397>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 1, 2007, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chavez-president-till-2050/428397 "2007-12-01T00:36:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![kitemaker\_chuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@kitemaker\_chuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitemaker_chuck)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2007, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chavez-president-till-2050/428397/1 "2007-12-01T00:36:13Z")

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Has anyone heard about President Hugo Chavez saying something about staying in power until the year 2050, if the Venezuelan people keep wanting him as their president?

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chavez-president-till-2050/428397/2 "2007-12-01T02:08:18Z")

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He certainly wants presidential term limits abolished and is almost certain to win that point in Sunday’s referendum. But, even barring violence and accidents, I doubt he can reasonably expect to **live** to 2050!