Humberto Ortega

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Humberto Ortega
Ortega in 2005
Born	(1947-01-10) January 10, 1947 (age 77) Managua, Nicaragua
Nationality	Nicaraguan
Office	Minister of Defense of Nicaragua
Political party	FSLN (until 1995)
Relatives	Daniel Ortega (brother)

General Humberto Ortega Saavedra (born January 10, 1947, in Managua) is a Nicaraguan military leader, Latin American revolutionary strategist, and published writer. He was Minister of Defense between the victory of the Sandinista revolution in 1979 under the National Reconstruction Government, through the first presidency of his brother Daniel Ortega, and through the presidency of Violeta Barrios de Chamorro who defeated Daniel Ortega in the elections of 1990.