Allan Zambrana Salmerón

Allan Adolfo Zambrana Salmerón (born circa 1954[1]) is an Nicaraguan lawyer, politician and trade unionist.

Biography

He was active in labour organizing in the 1970s, and was jailed at several times by the Somoza regime.[1][2][3] He was a leader of the United People's Movement (Movimiento Pueblo Unido).[4] He served as the general secretary of the Central de Acción y Unificación Sindical (CAUS) trade union centre.[5][6][7] After the victory of the Nicaraguan Revolution, he was a member of the State Council (representing CAUS). In October 1981 the State Council revoked his immunity, as he was sentenced to 29 months imprisonment for violating the Public Order Law.[8] He was recognized as a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International.[9]

Zambrana Salmerón was the Communist Party of Nicaragua candidate for the presidency in the Nicaraguan general election, 1984.[1] He obtained 16,034 votes (1.5%).[10] He was a member of the National Assembly 1984-1990.[11] In the Nicaraguan general election, 1990 was became an alternate member of the National Assembly for deputy Elí Altamirano.[12]

As of the early 1990s, Zambrana Salmerón was one of seven members of the politburo of the Communist Party of Nicaragua.[13] He was later expelled from the Communist Party.[14]

He served on the board of the Permanent Commission for Human Rights (CPDH).[15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 UPI. Thumbnail sketches of opposition candidates
  2. ↑ Instituto de Estudios Políticos para América Latina y Africa (1978). Nicaragua, el pueblo vence a la dinastía. Instituto de Estudios Políticos para América Latina y Africa. p. 108.
  3. ↑ Wolfgang Dietrich (1988). Nicaragua: Entstehung, Charakter und Hoffnung eines neuen Weges. Heidelberger Verlagsanstalt. p. 229. ISBN 978-3-920431-71-0.
  4. ↑ Publik-Forum. 1979. p. 18.
  5. ↑ Mario A. Trujillo Bolio (1 January 1988). Organización y luchas del movimiento obrero latinoamericano, 1978-1987. Siglo XXI. p. 101. ISBN 968-23-1482-8.
  6. ↑ Gregory S. Crider (1988). The Sandinista state and politics of democracy and revolution: labor confederations as a case study. University of Wisconsin--Madison. p. 129.
  7. ↑ Envio. El sindicalismo nicaragüense frente a la agresión y la defensa
  8. ↑ Envio. The Inmunity Of Five Council Members Revoked
  9. ↑ Amnesty International. Sección Espanõla (1983). Centroamérica y México, 1981-1983. Editorial Fundamentos. p. 94.
  10. ↑ Dieter Nohlen (2 July 2013). Handbuch der Wahldaten Lateinamerikas und der Karibik: Band 1: Politische Organisation und Repräsentation in Amerika. Springer-Verlag. p. 599. ISBN 978-3-322-99762-3.
  11. ↑ Juliet Hooker (3 February 2009). Race and the Politics of Solidarity. Oxford University Press. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-19-971494-0.
  12. ↑ Nicaragua. Asamblea Nacional (1998). Historia del poder legislativo en Nicaragua, 1823-1998. Asamblea Nacional de Nicaragua. p. 562.
  13. ↑ Richard F. Staar (1 September 1991). 1991 YEARBOOK ON COMMUNIST AFFAIRS. Hoover Institution Press. p. 104.
  14. ↑ El Nuevo Diario. “Asalto al Palacio de Invierno” sigue en su agenda
  15. ↑ Diario Nica. LA CPDH: TESTIGO DEL SUFRIMIENTO Y HEROISMO DE NUESTRO PUEBLO
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