Leopoldo Navarro Bermúdez (October 22, 1917 - October 25, 2014) was the

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, in the administration of president

Arnoldo Alemán José Arnoldo Alemán Lacayo (born 23 January 1946) is a Nicaraguan politician who served as the 81st president of Nicaragua from 10 January 1997 to 10 January 2002. In 2003, he was convicted of corruption and sentenced to a 20-year prison term; ...

Early life

Bermudez was born on 22 October 1917 to J.Gonzalez Duarte and Dolores Bermudez Duarte in

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. He pursued primary and secondary education in

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. He was a doctor and surgeon by profession. He served as head of pathology departments in hospitals of various regions of Nicaragua. In 1968, he joined the Liberal constitutional movement. Then he joined the

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in 1981.

Career

He was elected as a deputy of the

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from PLC, and served from 1997 to 2001. In 2000, he was unanimously elected as a vice president of the National Assembly. In 2000, he was unanimously elected as the

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and served until January 2002.

Later life

He pursued legislative career in

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. He successfully sought for national assembly after retiring from PARLACEN and was a deputy from 2007 to 2012.

Death

He died on 25 October 2014, in Managua, Nicaragua.

References

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