Carlos Núñez Téllez

Carlos Núñez Téllez (26 July 1951 - 2 October 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]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Núñez and the second or maternal family name is Téllez.
Carlos Núñez Téllez
President of the National Assembly
In office
January 1985 – April 1990
Succeeded byMiriam Argüello
Personal details
BornLeon, Nicaragua
Political partySandinista National Liberation Front
SpouseMilú Vargas
Children4
RelativesRené Núñez Téllez (brother)

Núñez was born on 26 July in 1951[2] in Leon, Nicaragua.[1] He and his brother René both joined the Sandinista movement, then underground, in 1969.[3] Carlos Núñez, who received guerrilla training abroad,[3] 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 succeeded in overthrowing Anastasio Somoza Debayle.[3]

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.[4] Though the FSLN lost the legislative elections in 1990, Núñez was re-elected that year.[3] 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.[3]

References
  1. "CARLOS NUNEZ, SANDINISTA LEADER, DIES". Washington Post. October 3, 1990. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  2. "Nicaraguan biographies: a resource book". U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Public Affairs. 1988.
  3. Ap (1990-10-03). "Carlos Nunez Tellez, Sandinista Leader, 39". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  4. Espinoza, José Isaac (29 September 2017). "Asamblea realizará homenaje a Carlos Núñez Téllez". El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
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