Carlos Núñez Téllez

Carlos Núñez Téllez (1950/1951 - October 2, 1990) was a Sandinista revolutionary and Nicaraguan politician.[1] He was one of the nine commandants of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Directorate that assumed power after overthrowing the Somoza regime.[1]

Núñez was born in Leon, Nicaragua.[1] He and his brother René both joined the Sandinista movement, then underground, in 1969.[2] Carlos Núñez, who received guerrilla training abroad,[2] was quickly put in charge of operations in Leon, then assigned to Managua.[1] In March 1979, he joined the FSLN Directorate, shortly before the FSLN succeeding in overthrowing Anastasio Somoza Debayle.[2]

In 1984 he was elected president of the National Assembly[1] and led the process that culminated in the 1987 establishment of the Nicaraguan Constitution.[3] Though the FSLN lost the legislative elections in 1990, Núñez was re-elected that year.[2] His wife Milú Vargas also served in the National Assembly.[1]

Núñez died of a heart attack on October 2, 1990 in Havana, Cuba, where he was seeking medical treatment.[1] Vargas and four children survived him.[2]

References
  1. "CARLOS NUNEZ, SANDINISTA LEADER, DIES". Washington Post. October 3, 1990. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  2. Ap (1990-10-03). "Carlos Nunez Tellez, Sandinista Leader, 39". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  3. Espinoza, José Isaac (29 September 2017). "Asamblea realizará homenaje a Carlos Núñez Téllez". El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2019.
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