Emilio Alvarez Montalván
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Emilio Alvarez Montalván (born July 31, 1919) is a Nicaraguan ophthalmologist and a former Foreign Minister of Nicaragua.
Born in Managua, Nicaragua, Alvarez received a Doctorate in Medicine and Surgery from the "School of Medicine, University of Chile", cum laude in 1946. He studied ophthalmology at the "Instituto de Oftalmología", Buenos Aires, Argentina (1949). His post-graduate studies included work at the "National Center for Ophthalmology" in Paris, France, the "Institute of Ophthalmology" in London, Great Britain, and the "New York Eye and Ear Infirmary" in New York, NY, U.S.A.
In addition to his distinguished career in medicine and surgery, Alvarez was an active participant in Nicaraguan politics, and a writer of international repute. He suffered political incarceration for a year (1954-55) during the dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza Garcia. In 1996, he was appointed Foreign Minister of Nicaragua (See Rulers - 1997).
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[edit] Achievements
- Doctor of Ophthalmology
- Founder of the "Clinica Oftalmologica del Hospital Bautista", for the poor (1949)
- Chief of services of Ophthalmology at the "Hospital el Retiro", Managua, Nicaragua (1950)
- Founder and Director of the "Centro de Oftalmología, Clinica y Eye Hospital".
- Editor of the magazine "Medica", Managua, Nicaragua (1958)
- Founder and first President of "Ética y Transparencia"
- President of the "Juventud Conservadora"
- National Vice-president of the Conservative Party of Nicaragua (1967)
- Director of "Escuela de Formación Política" of Nicaragua (1968)
- Member of the editorial board of "La Prensa", Managua, Nicaragua (1968-1983)
- Columnist for "La Prensa", Managua, Nicaragua beginning (1976)
- Consultant to the Conservative Party of Nicaragua (1981)
- Pre-candidate for President of the Republic for the Conservative Party (1990)
- Personal representative of President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro to negotiate with the "Army of the Resistance" (1991)
- Founder and first President of "Grupo Fundemos" (1990)
- Columnist for "La Tribuna" - 1994
- Distinguished Member of the Academy of Nicaragua for the Spanish Language (1996)[1]
- President of the Academy of History and Geography (1997)[2]
- Perpetual Honorary President of the Conservative Party of Nicaragua
- Consultant to the "Grupo Fundemos"
- President of the "Fundación Cultural Nicaragua China".
- Eventual Collaborator of "La Prensa", Managua
- Foreign Minister of Nicaragua (1997-1998)
[edit] Honoraria
- Gold Medal of the "Sociedad Nicaragüense de Oftalmología"
- Bernardo O'Higgins Order of Merit, Chile (1984)
- Academic Award, France (1985)
- Cruz del Sur, Brazil (1997)
- Brilliant Star of the Republic of China, Taiwan (1997)
- Grand Cross of the "Order of Jose Dolores Estrada", Government of Nicaragua (1998)
- San Martinianas Award of the "Instituto San Martin", Buenos Aires Argentina (1998)
- Gran Cordon Orden del "Tesoro Sagrado", by His Majesty, Emperor Akito of Japan (2003)[3]
[edit] Publications:
- El mensaje de los ojos (The message of the eyes) (1985)[4]
- Síntesis Crítica del Marxismo (1986)[5]
- Resumen Histórico de las Fuerzas Armadas en Nicaragua
- Cultura Política Nicaragüense, 2nd edition (2000)[6]
- Los períodos de la medicina Nicaragüense.
