Francisco Obadiah Campbell Hooker is the Nicaraguan Ambassador to the

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. He assumed the post in 2010; prior to that he served as deputy to the

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. In March 2022, Campbell was also appointed Nicaraguan ambassador to the

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; he replaced ambassador

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after McFields denounced the administration of President

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as a "dictatorship" following the widespread arrests and prosecution of aspiring 2021 presidential candidates and other opposition figures. Campbell is married to Miriam Hooker, who serves as Consul at the Nicaraguan embassy in the US. Two of their children, Mabel Leilani Campbell Hooker and Michael Campbell Hooker, have posts representing Nicaragua abroad; Mabel is Press and Cultural Attaché to the embassy in the US. Campbell’s brother is

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, Vice-President of Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council. Since 2022 Michael Campbell Hooker is a minister for international relations in the FSLN government.

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Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Ambassadors of Nicaragua to the United States {{nicaragua-stub