Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Barrios
Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Barrios | |
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| Ambassador to Taiwan | |
| In office 1991–1992 | |
| President | Violeta Barrios de Chamorro |
| Defense minister | |
| In office 1997–1997 | |
| President | Arnoldo Alemán |
| Deputy to the National Assembly of Nicaragua | |
| In office 2007–2016 | |
| President | Daniel Ortega |
| Constituency | Managua |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 September 1951 Managua |
| Citizenship | Nicaragua |
| Children | 4 |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Chamorro family |
| Alma mater | McGill University INCAE Business School |
| Occupation | Journalist, politician |
Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Barrios (born 24 September 1951) is a Nicaraguan journalist and politician. He began his career in journalism working at La Prensa, following the 1978 assassination of its editor, his father, Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal. Working on the side of the Contras in exile in the 1980s, he returned to the country in 1989 when his mother Violeta Barrios de Chamorro ran for president, and following her election, served as a Nicaraguan ambassador. He later became defense minister. In the 21st century, Chamorro has been a city councilor for Managua and deputy in the National Assembly, also for Managua. On 25 June 2021, he became part of a wave of arrests of opposition and civic figures in Nicaragua.