Carlos Carrión Cruz is a Nicaraguan politician and civil engineer.
From 1979 to 1985 he was head of the Sandinista Youth (JS),[1] the founding national coordinator for the group.
[2] He was Mayor of Managua from 1988 to 1990,[3] and also a member of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN).
[4] Many of Carrión Cruz's relatives have also been involved in Nicaraguan politics.
His siblings are Luis Carrión Cruz, one of the nine members of the FSLN National Directorate,[5] and Gloria Carrión Cruz, General Secretary of AMNLAE, the Sandinista women's organization.