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Alfonso Callejas

Alfonso Callejas

Nicaraguan politician


Alfonso Callejas Deshón (1923-2017) was a politician of Nationalist Liberal Party from Nicaragua.

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He served as Vice President of Nicaragua[1] from May 1967 to May 1972.[2]

Callejas was born on 27 October 1923 in Chinandega.[3] He was trained as a civil engineer and worked in Standard Fruit Company before founding his own business. Between January and August 1966, he was Minister of Development and Public Works in Somoza cabinet.[4] He was then appointed as Vice President of Nicaragua.[5] In 1972, he broke with Anastasio Somoza Debayle.[6] He went into exile in Honduras. After the 1979 revolution, Callejas returned, but went again into exile after his properties were confiscated.

He lived in voluntary exile from 1980 to 1990, when he returned to Nicaragua. From 1995 to 2000 he was a magistrate in the Supreme Electoral Council and in 2003 appointed Secretary for Political Affairs of the Presidency by Enrique Bolaños.[4]

He died in August 2017 in Chinandega.[7]


References

  1. "Foreign Relations of the United States 1977–1980; Volume XV; Central America, 1977–1980 - Office of the Historian". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  2. "Vicepresidencia de la República". Office of Vice President of Nicaragua. 2008-10-25. Archived from the original on October 25, 2008. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  3. "Nicaraguan biographies: a resource book". U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Public Affairs. 1988. hdl:2027/uc1.31210024733576.
  4. "Vice Presidencia de la República". 2 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. Chamorro, Edgar; Morley, Jefferson (1985-08-05). "Confessions of a 'Contra'". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved 2022-10-06.

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