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Lumberto Ignacio Campbell (born February 3, 1949) is a Nicaraguan
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politician. Campbell was born in
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and was the only Creole guerilla commander in the
Sandinista National Liberation Front The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after ...
(FSLN), known by the
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"El Negro". In the 1980s he served as Vice-Minister for the Atlantic Coast. In 2014, the
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named him to the Supreme Electoral Council, where he replaced Emmett Lang as vice-president. In November 2019, following widespread protests and ensuing suppression by the FSLN government, Campbell was sanctioned by the United States government for alleged human rights abuses, election fraud and corruption. This froze his US assets and prohibited US citizens from doing business with him. Campbell's brother, Francisco Campbell, is Nicaragua's Ambassador to the United States.


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Living people Sandinista National Liberation Front politicians 1949 births {{Nicaragua-stub