Moisés Omar Halleslevens Acevedo (born 4 September 1949) is the former

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, serving during the third term of

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Biography

Halleslevens was born in

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. In 1974, he joined the "Juan José Quezada" guerrilla column, which attacked the house of the Minister of Agriculture under the regime of

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and negotiated for the freedom of various political prisoners, including Ortega. During the

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, Halleslevens was chief of the Army Political Directorate and, later, Military Counterintelligence. In the aftermath of

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in 1988, he led the evacuation of

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. Halleslevens served as Commander in Chief of the Military of Nicaragua, Nicaraguan Armed Forces from 2005 until his retirement from military life in 2010. In 2011, the

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nominated Halleslevens as Ortega's running mate. Ortega was reelected that year, and Halleslevens took office, replacing Jaime Morales Carazo. His maternal origins are originally from the Flemish city of

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(Halleslevens) and his paternal origins are from Faro,

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(Acevedo).

References

1949 births Living people People from Chontales Department Sandinista National Liberation Front politicians Vice presidents of Nicaragua People of the Nicaraguan Revolution Nicaraguan people of Belgian descent Nicaraguan people of Portuguese descent {{Nicaragua-politician-stub