Cornelio Hendrik Hüeck Salomón (died in 1979) was a Nicaraguan politician and an ardent

Somoza 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 ...

supporter from

Nationalist Liberal Party The Nationalist Liberal Party ( es, Partido Liberal Nacionalista, PLN) was a political party in Nicaragua. When Anastasio Somoza García took power in 1936, the party aligned itself with the United States and other caudillos in Latin America, li ...

. Hüeck was President of the Senate of

National Congress of Nicaragua The National Congress of Nicaragua ( es, Congreso Nacional) was the legislature of Nicaragua before the Nicaraguan Revolution of 1979.https://geographic.org/wfb1982/worldfactbook82natiilli.pdf The congress was bicameral, and consisted of Cham ...

from 1969 to 1970. In 1972 he became the secretary of

Liberal-Conservative Junta The Liberal-Conservative Junta ( es, Triunvirato de Gobierno, lit=Government Triumvirate) officially ruled Nicaragua between 1972 and 1974, though effective power was in the hands of strongman Anastasio Somoza. History Anastasio Somoza Debayle' ...

. He was President of the Chamber of Deputies of

from 1973 to 1978, and in this position he was the second-in-line to succeed

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 ...

because vice presidency was abolished in 1972. Hüeck was purged from the position of power by Somoza. It has been alleged that he was executed in 1979 following the

Nicaraguan Revolution The Nicaraguan Revolution ( es, Revolución Nicaragüense or Revolución Popular Sandinista, link=no) encompassed the rising opposition to the Somoza dictatorship in the 1960s and 1970s, the campaign led by the Sandinista National Liberation Fr ...

. His body was buried fifteen years later in August 1994.

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Presidents of the Senate (Nicaragua) Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Nicaragua) Nationalist Liberal Party politicians People murdered in Nicaragua 1979 deaths {{Nicaragua-politician-stub