Carlos Tünnerman Bernheim (born May 10, 1933) is a Nicaraguan lawyer, diplomat, government official and educator. He is a former Minister of Education in

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, serving during the

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(FSLN) government from 1979 to 1984. He next became Nicaragua’s ambassador to the United States and then to the

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(OAS), from 1984 to 1988. Tünnerman’s father had been head of the Nicaraguan Central Bank. A lawyer by training, Tünnerman defended

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after the 1956 assassination of President

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. From 1964 to 1974, Tünnerman was rector of the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua at León. There he met eventual human rights lawyer and Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights president Vilma Núñez as well as his successor as rector and later president of Nicaragua’s Supreme Electoral Council

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. In 1977, Tünnerman was a member of the

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establishment figures in Nicaragua who signed a letter of support for the Sandinistas, helping legitimize the movement. Tünnerman was twice awarded a

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in education, in 1973 and 1989. On February 25, 2020, Tünnerman was a signatory to the proclamation of unity of the

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.Álvarez, Leonor
"George Henríquez Cayasso, Líder Creole De Yatama: 'La Ley Electoral Limita Nuestra Participación Política a Nivel Regional'."
''La Prensa'', Feb 28, 2020, via ProQuest. The signatory organizations pledged to work to develop a unified opposition to mount an electoral challenge to

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, following years of protest in the country. The other representatives signing the document were Jesús Tefel, Medardo Mairena,

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, Saturnino Cerrato,

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, and María Haydee Osuna.

Personal life

Tünnerman married Rosa Carlota Pereira.

Books

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References

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