Félix Maradiaga
Félix Maradiaga | |
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Félix Maradiaga in 2024 | |
| Born | 23 September 1976 Jinotega, Nicaragua |
| Nationality | Nicaraguan (1976–2023) Stateless (2023–current) |
| Alma mater | Harvard University University of Mobile |
Félix Alejandro Maradiaga Blandón (born 23 September 1976) is a Nicaraguan academic and political activist. From 2002 to 2006, he was Secretary General of the Ministry of Defense under President Enrique Bolaños. Maradiaga is the founding co-director of the Civil Society Leadership Institute.
A leader of the opposition group Blue and White National Unity, Maradiaga was a pre-candidate for president in the 2021 Nicaraguan general election. On June 8, 2021, he was arrested by the Ortega government.