My father was born in the city of Matagalpa, Department of Matagalpa, Republic of Nicaragua, (northern zone of Nicaragua) on December 27, 1933. His father was Daniel Olivas Picado, from the city of León, Department of León, Nicaragua. His mother was Erlinda Zúniga Rodríguez, from the Department of Nueva Segovia. My father was the youngest of the five children born out of the marriage of Don Daniel and Doña Erlinda.
My father's father was a farmer, businessperson and was engaged in local politics. In business he was the owner and director of the weekly newspaper of the city of Matagalpa, Nicaragua "El Demócrata" (The Democrat). In December 1937, this newspaper received a recognition of merit from the Ministry of Public Education of the Republic of Cuba for "its ideological dissemination and valuable cultural work." In addition, his father also exercised politics in favor of the Liberal Party of Nicaragua, being a substitute senator to the National Congress for the Department of Matagalpa. My father's mother, Erlinda, was a stay-at-home spouse.
My father did his primary and secondary education in the then National Institute of the North, today National Institute "Eliseo Picado". Between 1955 and 1960 he studied political science in Madrid, Spain. While in Spain he met and married my mother, the Ecuadorian lady Miss Celeste Alexandra Alvear Triviño. Between 1963 and 1971 my father studied law at the Jesuit private Central American University of the city of Managua, which led him to obtain the professional title of Doctor of Law in February 1972. He also achieved accreditation by the Supreme Court of Justice of Nicaragua as a Public Notary.
My father comes from a generation that had to live the changes brought by the twentieth century. He told his children his amazement when he first arrived in the capital city of Nicaragua, Managua, and saw street lighting, since at that time there was no street lighting in his hometown of Matagalpa. He told us about his life in Matagalpa, which although it was already a village, still lived in the middle of rural time. He told us about his childhood and youth and how he enjoyed going to the Rio Grande de Matagalpa (Matagalpa River) with his classmates to swim in the river's waters. He lived the childhood of the kind of life described in a Mark Twain novel. I attribute to this period of his life the deep joy and attraction that my father felt for nature, and particularly for plants.
For his friends in Nicaragua, my father was always known as the "Chele" (Nicaraguan slang word for blond), due to his white complexion, blue eyes, and blond hair. His ancestry is Spanish and Native Nicaraguan. His main group of friends was his childhood friends and the friends he managed to forge among the Nicaraguan student community during his time as a student in Madrid, Spain. His greatest passion was his wife and children, for which he went out of his way to offer them all the best he could. In second place his work and Nicaragua were also his great passions.
His first job, having returned to Nicaragua from Spain with his wife and settling in the city of Managua, was working as an insurance policy seller in the then "Pan-American Life Insurance Company" in Nicaragua. In 1967 he joined the national tourism agency of the Nicaraguan government, a government agency where he developed his professional and employment career until his retirement in 2003, after 36 years of uninterrupted work for the Government of Nicaragua in the field of the promotion and regulation of tourism in Nicaragua.
His professional career, as a public servant of Nicaragua, was one full of successes and recognitions, which I interpret as the result of having found in the career as a public servant in the tourism industry, his place in Nicaraguan society and in the world. It was always evident to his family that in his work in the government of Nicaragua, in the field of tourism, he was able to apply not only his education as a lawyer and notary, but also his personal skills and talents in the field of administration and international public relations. My father was very appreciated by all his superiors and by the colleagues with whom he worked throughout his 36 years in the tourism sector of the government of Nicaragua, having reached the highest rank in the public service career in Nicaragua. Between 1993 and 1998 he was general secretary of the then Ministry of Tourism of Nicaragua.
My father was one of the few public servants who, at his level, worked and developed before, during and after the 1979 Sandinista Revolution; in fact, those who could match my father in this area could be counted with the fingers of one hand. My father, throughout his career in the government of Nicaragua, received recognitions from Nicaraguan and foreign organizations, from his superiors, and from his subordinates in the government of Nicaragua.
On a personal level I identify three fundamental virtues in my father: positivism, good sense, and fortitude. These three virtues allowed my father not only to develop professionally during the dictatorships and civil wars that plagued Nicaragua in the last 40 years of the 20th century, but also to live a life to the fullest. Positivism allowed my father to take advantage of all the opportunities that life offered to him, which allowed him to achieve a decent and dignified standard of living. My father always thought that the future would be better; this allowed him to understand and identify with the Nicaraguan culture. Good senses and fortitude allowed my father to face all the challenges that life presented him with objectivity and security, knowing how to make wise and ponderous decisions that maximized the benefits and security for him and his family; my father was a wise man. This allowed him to live the period of the 1980s in Nicaragua with relative peace, even amid exceedingly difficult and hostile conditions in all senses. My father believed that the best testimony of his character was the quality and honesty of his work. In all the time he worked in the government of Nicaragua I never saw him go reluctantly to his work. My father always sought to do good and never hurt anyone.
My father lived his life to the fullest and did everything that life asked of him as a husband, father and professional; my father was a good man.
By his son "Francisco Alejandro Olivas Alvear".
My father's father was a farmer, businessperson and was engaged in local politics. In business he was the owner and director of the weekly newspaper of the city of Matagalpa, Nicaragua "El Demócrata" (The Democrat). In December 1937, this newspaper received a recognition of merit from the Ministry of Public Education of the Republic of Cuba for "its ideological dissemination and valuable cultural work." In addition, his father also exercised politics in favor of the Liberal Party of Nicaragua, being a substitute senator to the National Congress for the Department of Matagalpa. My father's mother, Erlinda, was a stay-at-home spouse.
My father did his primary and secondary education in the then National Institute of the North, today National Institute "Eliseo Picado". Between 1955 and 1960 he studied political science in Madrid, Spain. While in Spain he met and married my mother, the Ecuadorian lady Miss Celeste Alexandra Alvear Triviño. Between 1963 and 1971 my father studied law at the Jesuit private Central American University of the city of Managua, which led him to obtain the professional title of Doctor of Law in February 1972. He also achieved accreditation by the Supreme Court of Justice of Nicaragua as a Public Notary.
My father comes from a generation that had to live the changes brought by the twentieth century. He told his children his amazement when he first arrived in the capital city of Nicaragua, Managua, and saw street lighting, since at that time there was no street lighting in his hometown of Matagalpa. He told us about his life in Matagalpa, which although it was already a village, still lived in the middle of rural time. He told us about his childhood and youth and how he enjoyed going to the Rio Grande de Matagalpa (Matagalpa River) with his classmates to swim in the river's waters. He lived the childhood of the kind of life described in a Mark Twain novel. I attribute to this period of his life the deep joy and attraction that my father felt for nature, and particularly for plants.
For his friends in Nicaragua, my father was always known as the "Chele" (Nicaraguan slang word for blond), due to his white complexion, blue eyes, and blond hair. His ancestry is Spanish and Native Nicaraguan. His main group of friends was his childhood friends and the friends he managed to forge among the Nicaraguan student community during his time as a student in Madrid, Spain. His greatest passion was his wife and children, for which he went out of his way to offer them all the best he could. In second place his work and Nicaragua were also his great passions.
His first job, having returned to Nicaragua from Spain with his wife and settling in the city of Managua, was working as an insurance policy seller in the then "Pan-American Life Insurance Company" in Nicaragua. In 1967 he joined the national tourism agency of the Nicaraguan government, a government agency where he developed his professional and employment career until his retirement in 2003, after 36 years of uninterrupted work for the Government of Nicaragua in the field of the promotion and regulation of tourism in Nicaragua.
His professional career, as a public servant of Nicaragua, was one full of successes and recognitions, which I interpret as the result of having found in the career as a public servant in the tourism industry, his place in Nicaraguan society and in the world. It was always evident to his family that in his work in the government of Nicaragua, in the field of tourism, he was able to apply not only his education as a lawyer and notary, but also his personal skills and talents in the field of administration and international public relations. My father was very appreciated by all his superiors and by the colleagues with whom he worked throughout his 36 years in the tourism sector of the government of Nicaragua, having reached the highest rank in the public service career in Nicaragua. Between 1993 and 1998 he was general secretary of the then Ministry of Tourism of Nicaragua.
My father was one of the few public servants who, at his level, worked and developed before, during and after the 1979 Sandinista Revolution; in fact, those who could match my father in this area could be counted with the fingers of one hand. My father, throughout his career in the government of Nicaragua, received recognitions from Nicaraguan and foreign organizations, from his superiors, and from his subordinates in the government of Nicaragua.
On a personal level I identify three fundamental virtues in my father: positivism, good sense, and fortitude. These three virtues allowed my father not only to develop professionally during the dictatorships and civil wars that plagued Nicaragua in the last 40 years of the 20th century, but also to live a life to the fullest. Positivism allowed my father to take advantage of all the opportunities that life offered to him, which allowed him to achieve a decent and dignified standard of living. My father always thought that the future would be better; this allowed him to understand and identify with the Nicaraguan culture. Good senses and fortitude allowed my father to face all the challenges that life presented him with objectivity and security, knowing how to make wise and ponderous decisions that maximized the benefits and security for him and his family; my father was a wise man. This allowed him to live the period of the 1980s in Nicaragua with relative peace, even amid exceedingly difficult and hostile conditions in all senses. My father believed that the best testimony of his character was the quality and honesty of his work. In all the time he worked in the government of Nicaragua I never saw him go reluctantly to his work. My father always sought to do good and never hurt anyone.
My father lived his life to the fullest and did everything that life asked of him as a husband, father and professional; my father was a good man.
By his son "Francisco Alejandro Olivas Alvear".
My father was born in the city of Matagalpa, Department of Matagalpa, Republic of Nicaragua, (northern zone of Nicaragua) on December 27, 1933. His father was Daniel Olivas Picado, from the city of León, Department of León, Nicaragua. His mother was Erlinda Zúniga Rodríguez, from the Department of Nueva Segovia. My father was the youngest of the five children born out of the marriage of Don Daniel and Doña Erlinda.
My father's father was a farmer, businessperson and was engaged in local politics. In business he was the owner and director of the weekly newspaper of the city of Matagalpa, Nicaragua "El Demócrata" (The Democrat). In December 1937, this newspaper received a recognition of merit from the Ministry of Public Education of the Republic of Cuba for "its ideological dissemination and valuable cultural work." In addition, his father also exercised politics in favor of the Liberal Party of Nicaragua, being a substitute senator to the National Congress for the Department of Matagalpa. My father's mother, Erlinda, was a stay-at-home spouse.
My father did his primary and secondary education in the then National Institute of the North, today National Institute "Eliseo Picado". Between 1955 and 1960 he studied political science in Madrid, Spain. While in Spain he met and married my mother, the Ecuadorian lady Miss Celeste Alexandra Alvear Triviño. Between 1963 and 1971 my father studied law at the Jesuit private Central American University of the city of Managua, which led him to obtain the professional title of Doctor of Law in February 1972. He also achieved accreditation by the Supreme Court of Justice of Nicaragua as a Public Notary.
My father comes from a generation that had to live the changes brought by the twentieth century. He told his children his amazement when he first arrived in the capital city of Nicaragua, Managua, and saw street lighting, since at that time there was no street lighting in his hometown of Matagalpa. He told us about his life in Matagalpa, which although it was already a village, still lived in the middle of rural time. He told us about his childhood and youth and how he enjoyed going to the Rio Grande de Matagalpa (Matagalpa River) with his classmates to swim in the river's waters. He lived the childhood of the kind of life described in a Mark Twain novel. I attribute to this period of his life the deep joy and attraction that my father felt for nature, and particularly for plants.
For his friends in Nicaragua, my father was always known as the "Chele" (Nicaraguan slang word for blond), due to his white complexion, blue eyes, and blond hair. His ancestry is Spanish and Native Nicaraguan. His main group of friends was his childhood friends and the friends he managed to forge among the Nicaraguan student community during his time as a student in Madrid, Spain. His greatest passion was his wife and children, for which he went out of his way to offer them all the best he could. In second place his work and Nicaragua were also his great passions.
His first job, having returned to Nicaragua from Spain with his wife and settling in the city of Managua, was working as an insurance policy seller in the then "Pan-American Life Insurance Company" in Nicaragua. In 1967 he joined the national tourism agency of the Nicaraguan government, a government agency where he developed his professional and employment career until his retirement in 2003, after 36 years of uninterrupted work for the Government of Nicaragua in the field of the promotion and regulation of tourism in Nicaragua.
His professional career, as a public servant of Nicaragua, was one full of successes and recognitions, which I interpret as the result of having found in the career as a public servant in the tourism industry, his place in Nicaraguan society and in the world. It was always evident to his family that in his work in the government of Nicaragua, in the field of tourism, he was able to apply not only his education as a lawyer and notary, but also his personal skills and talents in the field of administration and international public relations. My father was very appreciated by all his superiors and by the colleagues with whom he worked throughout his 36 years in the tourism sector of the government of Nicaragua, having reached the highest rank in the public service career in Nicaragua. Between 1993 and 1998 he was general secretary of the then Ministry of Tourism of Nicaragua.
My father was one of the few public servants who, at his level, worked and developed before, during and after the 1979 Sandinista Revolution; in fact, those who could match my father in this area could be counted with the fingers of one hand. My father, throughout his career in the government of Nicaragua, received recognitions from Nicaraguan and foreign organizations, from his superiors, and from his subordinates in the government of Nicaragua.
On a personal level I identify three fundamental virtues in my father: positivism, good sense, and fortitude. These three virtues allowed my father not only to develop professionally during the dictatorships and civil wars that plagued Nicaragua in the last 40 years of the 20th century, but also to live a life to the fullest. Positivism allowed my father to take advantage of all the opportunities that life offered to him, which allowed him to achieve a decent and dignified standard of living. My father always thought that the future would be better; this allowed him to understand and identify with the Nicaraguan culture. Good senses and fortitude allowed my father to face all the challenges that life presented him with objectivity and security, knowing how to make wise and ponderous decisions that maximized the benefits and security for him and his family; my father was a wise man. This allowed him to live the period of the 1980s in Nicaragua with relative peace, even amid exceedingly difficult and hostile conditions in all senses. My father believed that the best testimony of his character was the quality and honesty of his work. In all the time he worked in the government of Nicaragua I never saw him go reluctantly to his work. My father always sought to do good and never hurt anyone.
My father lived his life to the fullest and did everything that life asked of him as a husband, father and professional; my father was a good man.
By his son "Francisco Alejandro Olivas Alvear".
My father's father was a farmer, businessperson and was engaged in local politics. In business he was the owner and director of the weekly newspaper of the city of Matagalpa, Nicaragua "El Demócrata" (The Democrat). In December 1937, this newspaper received a recognition of merit from the Ministry of Public Education of the Republic of Cuba for "its ideological dissemination and valuable cultural work." In addition, his father also exercised politics in favor of the Liberal Party of Nicaragua, being a substitute senator to the National Congress for the Department of Matagalpa. My father's mother, Erlinda, was a stay-at-home spouse.
My father did his primary and secondary education in the then National Institute of the North, today National Institute "Eliseo Picado". Between 1955 and 1960 he studied political science in Madrid, Spain. While in Spain he met and married my mother, the Ecuadorian lady Miss Celeste Alexandra Alvear Triviño. Between 1963 and 1971 my father studied law at the Jesuit private Central American University of the city of Managua, which led him to obtain the professional title of Doctor of Law in February 1972. He also achieved accreditation by the Supreme Court of Justice of Nicaragua as a Public Notary.
My father comes from a generation that had to live the changes brought by the twentieth century. He told his children his amazement when he first arrived in the capital city of Nicaragua, Managua, and saw street lighting, since at that time there was no street lighting in his hometown of Matagalpa. He told us about his life in Matagalpa, which although it was already a village, still lived in the middle of rural time. He told us about his childhood and youth and how he enjoyed going to the Rio Grande de Matagalpa (Matagalpa River) with his classmates to swim in the river's waters. He lived the childhood of the kind of life described in a Mark Twain novel. I attribute to this period of his life the deep joy and attraction that my father felt for nature, and particularly for plants.
For his friends in Nicaragua, my father was always known as the "Chele" (Nicaraguan slang word for blond), due to his white complexion, blue eyes, and blond hair. His ancestry is Spanish and Native Nicaraguan. His main group of friends was his childhood friends and the friends he managed to forge among the Nicaraguan student community during his time as a student in Madrid, Spain. His greatest passion was his wife and children, for which he went out of his way to offer them all the best he could. In second place his work and Nicaragua were also his great passions.
His first job, having returned to Nicaragua from Spain with his wife and settling in the city of Managua, was working as an insurance policy seller in the then "Pan-American Life Insurance Company" in Nicaragua. In 1967 he joined the national tourism agency of the Nicaraguan government, a government agency where he developed his professional and employment career until his retirement in 2003, after 36 years of uninterrupted work for the Government of Nicaragua in the field of the promotion and regulation of tourism in Nicaragua.
His professional career, as a public servant of Nicaragua, was one full of successes and recognitions, which I interpret as the result of having found in the career as a public servant in the tourism industry, his place in Nicaraguan society and in the world. It was always evident to his family that in his work in the government of Nicaragua, in the field of tourism, he was able to apply not only his education as a lawyer and notary, but also his personal skills and talents in the field of administration and international public relations. My father was very appreciated by all his superiors and by the colleagues with whom he worked throughout his 36 years in the tourism sector of the government of Nicaragua, having reached the highest rank in the public service career in Nicaragua. Between 1993 and 1998 he was general secretary of the then Ministry of Tourism of Nicaragua.
My father was one of the few public servants who, at his level, worked and developed before, during and after the 1979 Sandinista Revolution; in fact, those who could match my father in this area could be counted with the fingers of one hand. My father, throughout his career in the government of Nicaragua, received recognitions from Nicaraguan and foreign organizations, from his superiors, and from his subordinates in the government of Nicaragua.
On a personal level I identify three fundamental virtues in my father: positivism, good sense, and fortitude. These three virtues allowed my father not only to develop professionally during the dictatorships and civil wars that plagued Nicaragua in the last 40 years of the 20th century, but also to live a life to the fullest. Positivism allowed my father to take advantage of all the opportunities that life offered to him, which allowed him to achieve a decent and dignified standard of living. My father always thought that the future would be better; this allowed him to understand and identify with the Nicaraguan culture. Good senses and fortitude allowed my father to face all the challenges that life presented him with objectivity and security, knowing how to make wise and ponderous decisions that maximized the benefits and security for him and his family; my father was a wise man. This allowed him to live the period of the 1980s in Nicaragua with relative peace, even amid exceedingly difficult and hostile conditions in all senses. My father believed that the best testimony of his character was the quality and honesty of his work. In all the time he worked in the government of Nicaragua I never saw him go reluctantly to his work. My father always sought to do good and never hurt anyone.
My father lived his life to the fullest and did everything that life asked of him as a husband, father and professional; my father was a good man.
By his son "Francisco Alejandro Olivas Alvear".
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Francisco José Olivas Zúniga
* 27 de Noviembre 1933
+ 3 de Septiembre 2011
Alexandra Alvear de Olivas
* 18 de Octubre 1936
+ 6 de Enero 2018
Gravesite Details
He is interred with his January 2018 deceased Ecuadorian wife, Celeste Alexandra Alvear Triviño de Olivas.
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