Juan Sebastián Chamorro
Juan Sebastián Chamorro | |
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| File:Juan Sebastián Chamorro García.jpg Chamorro in 2021 | |
| Born | 1971 (age 54–55) |
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| Father | Xavier Chamorro Cardenal |
| Family | Chamorro |
Juan Sebastián Chamorro García (born 1971)[1] is a Nicaraguan economist, businessman and politician. He was a pre-candidate for president in the 2021 Nicaraguan general election until he was detained in a wave of arrests of opposition candidates and other civic leaders.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Chamorro was born in 1971 to Sonia García and journalist Xavier Chamorro Cardenal who founded the newspaper El Nuevo Diario in 1980,[2] part of the fallout from the assassination of his brother Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal in 1978, an event broadly seen as a turning point in boosting support for the Sandinista Revolution and its success in overthrowing the Somoza dictatorship the next year.[3]
Chamorro had four siblings: Margarita, Gabriel, Ana and Francisco.[1] He attended Colegio Centro América,[1] then college at the University of San Francisco, graduating magna cum laude in economics.[4] He earned a Master's degree in economics with a mention in social policies from Georgetown University, then a doctorate in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, specializing in econometrics. His dissertation examined on property rights and their impact on the Nicaraguan economy.[4]
Career
[edit | edit source]In 1990, his uncle's widow Violeta Barrios de Chamorro successfully ran as a conservative candidate for President, defeating Sandinista Daniel Ortega and serving as President until 1997.[3]
In 1997 Chamorro became director of agriculture policy at the Ministry of Agriculture, his first role in public service.[1]
From 2002 to 2006, Chamorro served a number of different roles in the administration of President Enrique Bolaños: Director General of the Millennium Challenge Account Nicaragua; Deputy Minister of Finance and Public Credit; Technical Secretary of the Presidency of the Republic and Coordinator of the National Public Investment System.[5]
Chamorro is executive director of economic think tank FUNIDES and represented the business sector in the 2018 National Dialogue, as a leader of the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy (ACJD) opposition to the government of President Daniel Ortega.[4] The ACJD emerged in the 2018–2021 Nicaraguan protests. In January 2021, Chamorro stepped down as director of ACJD to focus on electoral politics.[6]
He has called for election reforms in advance of the 2021 elections, including raising the percentage required to win without going through a runoff.[7]
2021 presidential campaign
[edit | edit source]In 2021 Chamorro García is an opposition pre-candidate for the presidency in the Nicaraguan general election.[8] On June 8, 2021, Chamorro García was arrested, the fourth opposition candidate to be detained by the ruling party.[8]
His cousin Cristiana Chamorro Barrios also campaigned for the position until being detained.[8]
On 10 February 2023, along with 221 other political prisoners, Juan Sebastián Chamorro was released from prison and expelled to the United States after having his nationality revoked by the Nicaraguan government.[9]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Chamorro married Victoria Cárdenas circa 1999.[1] They have one daughter.[1]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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