Carlos Carrión Cruz is a Nicaraguan politician and civil engineer. From 1979 to 1985 he was head of the

Sandinista Youth The Sandinista Youth (Spanish: ''Juventud Sandinista'' or ''Juventud Sandinista 19 de Julio'') is the youth organization of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) party in Nicaragua. The Sandinista Youth arose informally during the Nicar ...

(JS), the founding national coordinator for the group. He was

Mayor of Managua The mayor of Managua is chief executive of the capital city of Nicaragua, with almost two million residents as of 2018. The mayor is chosen in the quadriennal Nicaraguan general elections. The incumbent is Reyna Rueda of the FSLN. The city's ot ...

from 1988 to 1990, and also a member of the

Sandinista National Liberation Front The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after ...

(FSLN).

Family

Many of Carrión Cruz's relatives have also been involved in Nicaraguan politics. His siblings are

Luis Carrión Cruz use both this parameter and , birth_date to display the person's date of birth, date of death, and age at death) --> , death_place = , death_cause = , body_discovered = , resting_place = , resting_place_coordinat ...

, one of the nine members of the FSLN National Directorate, and Gloria Carrión Cruz, General Secretary of AMNLAE, the Sandinista women's organization. He is a nephew of

Arturo Cruz Arturo José Cruz Porras (December 18, 1923 – July 9, 2013), sometimes called Arturo Cruz Sr. to distinguish him from his son, was a Nicaraguan banker and technocrat. He became prominent in politics during the Sandinista (FSLN) era. After repeate ...

and a cousin of Arturo Cruz, Jr., as well as a cousin of

Javier Carrión McDonough Javier may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Javier, in video game '' Advance Wars: Dual Strike'' * Javier Rios, a character in the Monsters, Inc. franchise. * ''Javier'' (album), a 2003 album by the American singer Javier Colon, known a ...

References

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