Alfonso Robelo

Luis Alfonso Robelo Callejas (born October 11, 1939), is a Nicaraguan businessman, was the founder of the Nicaraguan Democratic Movement (MDN).

Early life and education Luis Alfonso Robelo Callejas was born in Leon, Nicaragua on October 11, 1939. He grew up in a wealthy family and inherited a profitable vegetable oil company. He earned a degree in chemical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York in 1961. He is a member of the Latino fraternity Phi Iota Alpha, the oldest inter-collegiate Greek-letter organization established for Latino Americans.

Career Robelo was rector of the University of Central America from 1970 to 1972 and President of the Nicaraguan Chamber of Commerce until 1975. He then headed the Nicaraguan Development Institute, long active in the development of independent agricultural and small business cooperatives. He remarried a Costa Rican.