Moises Omar Halleslevens Acevedo

Moisés Omar Halleslevens Acevedo (born 4 September 1949) is the former Vice President of Nicaragua, serving during the third term of President Daniel Ortega.[1][2]

Omar Halleslevens
Vice President of Nicaragua
In office 10 January 2012 – 10 January 2017
President	Daniel Ortega
Preceded by	Jaime Morales Carazo
Succeeded by	Rosario Murillo
Personal details
Born	4 September 1949 La Libertad, Chontales, Nicaragua
Political party	FSLN

Biography

Halleslevens was born in La Libertad, Chontales. In 1974, he joined the "Juan José Quezada" guerrilla column, which attacked the house of the Minister of Agriculture under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle and negotiated for the freedom of various political prisoners, including Ortega.[3] During the 1980s, Halleslevens was chief of the Army Political Directorate and, later, Military Counterintelligence. In the aftermath of Hurricane Joan in 1988, he led the evacuation of El Rama.

Halleslevens served as Commander in Chief of the Nicaraguan Armed Forces from 2005 until his retirement from military life in 2010. In 2011, the Sandinista National Liberation Front nominated Halleslevens as Ortega's running mate. Ortega was reelected that year, and Halleslevens took office, replacing Jaime Morales Carazo.

His maternal origins are originally from the Flemish city of Antwerpen, Belgium (Halleslevens) and his paternal origins are from Faro, Algarve, Portugal (Acevedo).

References

1. Latin News
2. Carter Center Archived 2017-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)