Carlos Tünnerman Explained

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Office:Minister of Education
Term Start:1979
Term End:1984
Office2:Ambassador
Term Start2:1984
Term End2:1988
Birth Date:1933 5, df=y
Birth Place:Managua, Nicaragua
Death Place:Managua, Nicaragua

Carlos Tünnerman Bernheim (10 May 1933 – 27 March 2024) was a Nicaraguan lawyer, diplomat, government official and educator. He was a Minister of Education in Nicaragua, serving during the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) government from 1979 to 1984. He next became Nicaragua’s ambassador to the United States and then to the Organization of American States (OAS), from 1984 to 1988.[1]

Tünnerman’s father had been head of the Nicaraguan Central Bank. A lawyer by training, Tünnerman defended Tomás Borge after the 1956 assassination of President Anastasio Somoza García.[2] From 1964 to 1974, Tünnerman was rector of the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua at León. There he met eventual human rights lawyer and Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights president Vilma Núñez[3] as well as his successor as rector and later president of Nicaragua’s Supreme Electoral Council Mariano Fiallos Oyanguren.[4]

In 1977, Tünnerman was a member of the Group of Twelve establishment figures in Nicaragua who signed a letter of support for the Sandinistas, helping legitimize the movement.

Tünnerman was twice awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in education, in 1973 and 1989.[5]

On 25 February 2020, Tünnerman was a signatory to the proclamation of unity of the National Coalition.[6] The signatory organizations pledged to work to develop a unified opposition to mount an electoral challenge to Daniel Ortega, following years of protest in the country. The other representatives signing the document were Jesús Tefel, Medardo Mairena, George Henriquez, Saturnino Cerrato, Luis Fley, and María Haydee Osuna.

Personal life

Tünnerman married Rosa Carlota Pereira.[7] Tünnerman died on 27 March 2024, at the age of 90.[8]

Books

Notes and References

  1. Web site: La Universidad Pública en el México de Hoy. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210206165529/https://www.ses.unam.mx/curso2008/tunnermann.html. 6 February 2021. 16 December 2020. www.ses.unam.mx.
  2. Book: Affairs, United States Department of State Bureau of Public. Nicaraguan Biographies: A Resource Book. 1988. U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs. 32. en. 16 December 2020. 31 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210131231014/https://books.google.com/books/about/Nicaraguan_Biographies.html?id=8o04esLcobwC. live.
  3. Web site: Cruz. Eduardo. 19 March 2017. La lucha de Vilma Núñez de Escorcia. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180508054202/https://www.laprensa.com.ni/2017/03/19/suplemento/la-prensa-domingo/2200577-los-motivos-de-vilma-nunez. 8 May 2018. 13 December 2020. La Prensa. es.
  4. Web site: López. Ismael. 29 June 2014. El impulsor de la transparencia electoral. live. 20 June 2021. Confidencial. es. 1 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210701035203/https://archivo.confidencial.com.ni/articulo/18186/el-impulsor-de-la-transparencia-electoral.
  5. Web site: John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Carlos Tünnermann Bernheim. 16 December 2020. en-US. 1 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210701035205/https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/carlos-tunnermann-bernheim/. live.
  6. Álvarez, Leonor. "George Henríquez Cayasso, Líder Creole De Yatama: 'La Ley Electoral Limita Nuestra Participación Política a Nivel Regional'." La Prensa, 28 February 2020, via ProQuest.
  7. News: Cid. Amalia del. 23 December 2018. La intrépida vida de Vilma Núñez, defensora de derechos humanos en Nicaragua. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20181223105709/https://www.laprensa.com.ni/2018/12/23/suplemento/la-prensa-domingo/2508086-la-intrepida-vida-de-vilma-nunez. 23 December 2018. 21 October 2021. La Prensa. es.
  8. https://www.lanacion.com.ar/agencias/muere-exministro-sandinista-tunnermann-un-critico-de-ortega-en-nicaragua-nid27032024/ Muere exministro sandinista Tünnermann, un crítico de Ortega en Nicaragua

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