- Edmundo Jarquín
Edmundo Jarquín (born in
Ocotal , September 1946) is aNicaragua n politician. He was the vice presidential running-mate ofHerty Lewites , who was the presidential candidate for the MRSSandinista Renovation Movement in the 2006 elections until his untimely death inJuly 2 ,2006 . Edmundo Jarquín became the presidential candidate for the MRS following Lewites's death. [ [http://www.partidomrs.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64&Itemid=1 Jarquin's Nomination] ] He choseCarlos Mejía Godoy to be his running mate.Edmundo Jarquín was educated in Nicaragua (
Universidad Centroamericana - UCA), as well as in Chile (Universidad de Chile), where he obtained a law degree. During the previousSandinista regime, he served as ambassador of Nicaragua to Spain and toMexico . After the Sandinista defeat in the elections of 1990, he became a member of the National Assembly for the FSLN. In 1992, he joined the theInter-American Development Bank (IDB) inWashington, D.C. until his retirement in 2005.He is currently married to Claudia Lucía Chamorro, the daughter of former president
Violeta Barrios Chamorro .Jarquin finished in fourth place during the 2006 elections, receiving 6.29% of the vote.
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