Aminta granera biography of george washington

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Granera and the second or maternal family name is Sacasa.

Aminta Granera Sacasa (born 18 September 1952) is a former Sandinista revolutionary and the former Director General of the National Police of Nicaragua.

She was the chief of the National Police from September 5, 2006, until April 27, 2018.^[1]

Early life

Aminta Granera Sacasa was born 18 September 1952 in León, Nicaragua. After studies at Georgetown University in the United States, Granera decided to become a nun and began her novitiate with the Sisters of the Assumption in Guatemala City.^[1]

Career

Grenera left her religious training in 1976 to join the Sandinista uprising against dictator Anastasio Somoza.^[1] As a revolutionary, she was part of a Christian urban insurrection group.

After the successful overthrow of Somoza in 1979, she joined the Ministry of the Interior (Mint) under Sandinista Natio