Elida María Galeano Cornejo (born 18 February 1965) is a Nicaraguan politician. She was an activist of the Contra movement and a participant in the civil war against the Sandinista regime of the 1980s. She is the sister of the field commander of the

Nicaraguan Democratic Force The Nicaraguan Democratic Force (', or FDN) was one of the earliest Contra groups, formed on August 11, 1981 in Guatemala City. It was formed to oppose Nicaragua's revolutionary Sandinista government following the 1979 overthrow of Anastasio Somoz ...

, chief of staff of the

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, Israel Galeano. After the end of the civil war, she reconciled with the Sandinistas. Since 2007, she is a deputy of the National Assembly representing the Sandinista National Liberation Front.

Political career

In the

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, which resulted in Daniel Ortega again becoming president, Galeano was elected to the National Assembly from the FSLN. She received a second mandate in the

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. She became a member of the parliamentary committees on defence, security, human rights and foreign affairs. It deals with issues of social policy, assistance to civil war veterans, public safety, transport, and labor migration. On 13 June 2012, the National Assembly, on the initiative of Galeano, established a national holiday on 27 June, entitled the Day of Nicaraguan Resistance, Peace, Freedom, Unity and National Reconciliation. In 2015, Galeano introduced a bill on the social reintegration of resistance veterans into the armed forces and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. She also initiated the creation of the Nicaraguan Resistance Alliance Party (Partido Alianza Resistencia Nicaragüense, PARN). Commenters noted that PARN does not differ in any way from PRN other than the word "alliance" in its name. Even before the official registration of PARN, Galeano announced that the party would act in alliance with the FSLN. In the

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, Galeano was again elected to the National Assembly as a representative of the FSLN. She is also a member of the

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Personal life

Galeano is married and has four children. Her cousin Lucila Galeano (known as Irma) was a paramedic and radio operator of the Contras during the war. After the war, she worked in the

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health care system.

References

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