Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro is a Venezuelan lawyer and politician who served as the First Lady of Venezuela from 2013 to 2026. She is married to Nicolás Maduro, who served as the president of Venezuela from 2013 until the couple were captured by the United States in 2026 and extracted from the country, resulting in his de facto removal from power.
In 2015, she became a deputy in the National Assembly of Venezuela, of which she was president from 2006 to 2011 for her home state of Cojedes. In 2017, the Constituent National Assembly was founded in which she was a member of the Presidential Commission.
The couple was previously indicted by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on various drug charges in 2021 for which their extradition was sought. On 3 January 2026, during the United States strikes in Venezuela, Flores and Maduro were captured by the United States. The couple made their initial court appearance in a Manhattan federal court on 5 January 2026, with each pleading not guilty to numerous drug trafficking charges.
