Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were followers of Indian spiritual leader Sathya Sai Baba. Introduced to Baba by Flores before their marriage, Maduro visited the Puttaparthi ashram in 2005. A portrait of Sai Baba hung in Maduro's office alongside national figures. Following Baba's 2011 death, Maduro, then Foreign Minister, led efforts for a national condolence resolution and day of mourning. The Sathya Sai organization has a long-standing presence in Venezuela.