| Argenis Chávez Frías | |
| Office: | Governor of Barinas |
| Term Start: | 15 October 2016 |
| Term End: | 30 November 2021 |
| Predecessor: | Zenaida Gallardo |
| Successor: | Sergio Garrido |
| Office2: | Deputy Minister of Electric Power |
| Term Start2: | 2011 |
| Term End2: | 2013 |
| Birth Date: | 3 July 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Sabaneta, Barinas, Venezuela |
| Relations: | Aníbal José Chávez Frías (brother; deceased) Hugo de los Reyes Chávez (father; deceased) Elena Frías de Chávez (mother) Hugo Chávez (brother; deceased) Adán Chávez (brother) |
| Party: | United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) |
Argenis Chávez Frías (born 3 July 1958) is a Venezuelan politician who served as Governor of Barinas state from 2016 to 2021. He is one of the brothers of the former Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez.
He was secretary of the Barinas state government when his father, Hugo de los Reyes Chávez, was the governor from 1998 to 2008.[1] In 2011, he was appointed Vice Minister of Electrical Development of the Ministry of Popular Power for Electric Power.[2]
In November 2017, Canada sanctioned Chávez and other Venezuelan officials under the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act, stating: "These individuals are responsible for, or complicit in, gross violations of internationally recognized human rights, have committed acts of significant corruption, or both."[3] [4]