About Henry Ildefonso Ruiz Hernandez
Born 1944. Henry Ildefonso Ruiz Hernandez is a Nicaraguan politician.
Henry Ildefenso Ruiz Hernández (born 1940) is a Nicaraguan politician. He is a former guerilla and one of the nine commandants of the Sandinista (FSLN) Directorate, announced in Havana in March 1979, that overthrew the Somoza regime in July 1979. With Tomás Borge and Bayardo Arce, he represented the Prolonged Popular War (GPP) faction. Following the revolution, he was Minister of Planning from 1979 to 1985 when he became Minister of Foreign Cooperation.
He later left the FSLN, joining Sergio RamÃrez and Dora MarÃa Téllez to lead the Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS).
Early life Henry Ruiz was born in Jinotepe in 1940 to a modest family. As a child, he won the national elementary school award for best student, awarded by Luis Somoza Debayle.
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Who is Henry Ildefonso Ruiz Hernandez?
Nicaraguan politician
When was Henry Ildefonso Ruiz Hernandez born?
Henry Ildefonso Ruiz Hernandez was born on 24 September 1944 in Jinotega, Jinotepe.
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Henry Ildefonso Ruiz Hernandez is a politician.
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Henry Ildefonso Ruiz Hernandez is Nicaraguan.
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