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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 ...

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Milú Vargas Milú Vargas (born María de Lourdes Fátima Vargas Escobar; 1 May 1950 – 13 June 2024) was a Nicaraguan lawyer and activist. She served as the chief legal council to the National Assembly, helping draft the 1987 Constitution of Nicaragua, an ...

, children = 4 , parents = , mother = , father = , relatives = René Núñez Téllez (brother) , family = , callsign = , awards = , website = , module = , module2 = , module3 = , module4 = , module5 = , module6 = , signature = , signature_size = , signature_alt = , footnotes = Carlos Núñez Téllez (26 July 1951 - 2 October 1990) was a Sandinista revolutionary and Nicaraguan politician. He was one of the nine commandants of the

(FSLN) Directorate that assumed power after overthrowing the

Somoza regime The Somoza family ( es, Familia Somoza) is a former political family that ruled Nicaragua for forty-three years from 1936 to 1979. Their family dictatorship was founded by Anastasio Somoza García and was continued by his two sons Luis Somoza D ...

. Núñez was born on 26 July in 1951 in Leon, Nicaragua. He and his brother

René René (''born again'' or ''reborn'' in French) is a common first name in French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and German-speaking countries. It derives from the Latin name Renatus. René is the masculine form of the name (Renée being the feminine ...

both joined the Sandinista movement, then underground, in 1969. Carlos Núñez, who received guerrilla training abroad, was quickly put in charge of operations in Leon, then assigned to Managua. In March 1979, he joined the FSLN Directorate, shortly before the FSLN succeeded in overthrowing

Anastasio Somoza Debayle Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle (; 5 December 1925 – 17 September 1980) was the President of Nicaragua from 1 May 1967 to 1 May 1972 and from 1 December 1974 to 17 July 1979. As head of the National Guard, he was ''de facto'' ruler of ...

. In 1984 he was elected president of the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...

and led the process that culminated in the 1987 establishment of the Nicaraguan Constitution. Though the FSLN lost the legislative elections in 1990, Núñez was re-elected that year. His wife

also served in the National Assembly. Núñez died of a heart attack on October 2, 1990, in

Havana, Cuba Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

, where he was seeking medical treatment. Vargas and four children survived him.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Núñez Tellez, Carlos Presidents of the National Assembly (Nicaragua) Sandinista National Liberation Front politicians 1990 deaths People from León, Nicaragua Members of the National Assembly (Nicaragua) 1951 births