Henry Ruiz

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Politician | years_active = | era = | employer = | organization = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | title = Commandante
Minister of Planning
Minister of Foreign Cooperation | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = Sandinista National Liberation Front
Sandinista Renovation Movement | opponents = | boards = | criminal_charges = | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | family = | callsign = | awards = | website = | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | module6 = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | footnotes = }} 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 Ramírez and Dora María Téllez to lead the Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS). Provided by Wikipedia