President of Nicaragua

President of the
Republic of Nicaragua
Presidente de la República de Nicaragua
Presidential Seal
Incumbent
Daniel Ortega
since 10 January 2007
Residence Managua, Nicaragua
Term length Five years
Inaugural holder Fruto Chamorro
Formation 30 April 1854
Deputy Vice President of Nicaragua
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The President of Nicaragua (Spanish: Presidente de Nicaragua) officially known as the President of the Republic of Nicaragua (Spanish: Presidente de la República de Nicaragua) is the head of state of Nicaragua. The office was created in the Constitution of 1854. From 1825 until the Constitution of 1838, the head of state of Nicaragua was styled simply as Head of State (Jefe de Estado), and from 1838 to 1854 as Supreme Director (Supremo Director).

Heads of State of Nicaragua within the Federal Republic of Central America (1821–1838)

  • Manuel Antonio de la Cerda y Aguilar  : 22 April 1825 – 22 April 1826
  • Juan Argüello del Castillo y Guzmán  : 22 April 1826 – 14 September 1827
  • Pedro Benito Pineda de León (acting; in rebellion at Granada) : 17 September 1826 – 26 February 1827
  • Manuel Antonio de la Cerda y Aguilar (in rebellion at León and Granada) : 27 February 1827 – 7 November 1828
  • Pedro Oviedo de Chinandega (provisional) : 14 September 1827 – December 1827
  • Juan Argüello del Castillo y Guzmán  : 5 August 1828 – April 1829
  • Juan Espinosa (acting) : April 1829 – 12 May 1830
  • Dionisio de Herrera : 12 May 1830 – November 1833
  • Benito Rosales (acting) : December 1833 – 10 March 1834
  • José Núñez (acting) : 10 March 1834 – 23 April 1835
  • José Zepeda  : 23 April 1835 – 25 January 1837
  • José Núñez (acting) : 25 January 1837 – 12 January 1838
  • Francisco Jiménez Rubio (acting) : 12 January 1838 – 13 March 1838
  • José Núñez : 13 March 1838 – 17 November 1838

Heads of State of the Independent Republic of Nicaragua (1838–present)

Supreme Directors (1838–1854)

Presidents (1854–present)

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)		Term of OfficePolitical Affiliation
1 Fruto Chamorro
(1804–1855) 		30 April 185412 March 1855Conservative
— José María Estrada
Acting President
(1802–1856) 		12 March 185522 October 1855Conservative
— Patricio Rivas
Provisional President		30 October 185524 June 1857Conservative
William Walker
Usurper
(1824–1860) 		12 July 18561 May 1857 Democratic
— Government Junta24 June 185715 November 1857Conservative /
Democratic
2 Tomás Martínez
(1820–1873) 		15 November 18571 March 1867Conservative
3 Fernando Guzmán Solórzano
(1812–1891) 		1 March 18671 March 1871Conservative
4 José Vicente Cuadra
(1812–1894) 		1 March 18711 March 1875Conservative
5 Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro
(1818–1890) 		1 March 18751 March 1879Conservative
6 Joaquín Zavala
(1835–1906) 		1 March 18791 March 1883Conservative
7 Adán Cárdenas
(1836–1916) 		1 March 18831 March 1887Conservative
8 Evaristo Carazo
(1821–1889) 		1 March 18871 August 1889Conservative
— Nicolás Osorno
Acting President		1 August 18895 August 1889Conservative
— Roberto Sacasa
Acting President
(1840–1896) 		5 August 18891 January 1891Conservative
9 Ignacio Chaves López1 January 18911 March 1891Conservative
10 Roberto Sacasa
(1840–1896) 		1 March 189111 July 1893Conservative
— Salvador Machado
Acting President		11 July 189315 July 1893Conservative
— Joaquín Zavala
Acting President
(1835–1906) 		16 July 189325 July 1893Conservative
11 José Santos Zelaya
(1853–1919) 		25 July 189321 December 1909Democratic
— José Madriz
Acting President
(1867–1911) 		21 December 190920 August 1910Democratic
— José Dolores Estrada
Acting President
(1869–1939) 		20 August 191027 August 1910Conservative
— Luis Mena
Acting President		27 August 191030 August 1910Conservative
— Juan José Estrada
Provisional President
(1872–1967) 		30 August 19109 May 1911Conservative
12 Adolfo Díaz
(1875–1964) 		9 May 19111 January 1917Conservative
13 Emiliano Chamorro Vargas
(1871–1966) 		1 January 19171 January 1921Conservative
14 Diego Manuel Chamorro
(1861–1923) 		1 January 192112 October 1923Conservative
— Rosendo Chamorro
Acting President		12 October 192327 October 1923Conservative
15 Bartolomé Martínez
(1873–1936) 		27 October 19231 January 1925Conservative
16 Carlos José Solórzano
(1860–1936) 		1 January 192514 March 1926Conservative
17 Emiliano Chamorro Vargas
De facto
(1871–1966) 		14 March 192611 November 1926Conservative
— Sebastián Uriza
Acting President
(1861–1926) 		11 November 192614 November 1926Conservative
18 Adolfo Díaz
(1875–1964) 		14 November 19261 January 1929Conservative
19 José María Moncada
(1870–1945) 		1 January 19291 January 1933Democratic
20 Juan Bautista Sacasa
(1874–1946) 		1 January 19339 June 1936Democratic
— Carlos Alberto Brenes
Acting President
(1884–1942) 		9 June 19361 January 1937Democratic
21 Anastasio Somoza García
(1896–1956) 		1 January 19371 May 1947Military /
Nationalist Liberal Party
22 Leonardo Argüello Barreto
(1875–1947) 		1 May 194726 May 1947Nationalist Liberal Party
— Benjamín Lacayo Sacasa
Acting President
(1893–1959) 		26 May 194715 August 1947Nationalist Liberal Party
23 Víctor Manuel Román y Reyes
(1872–1950) 		15 August 19476 May 1950Nationalist Liberal Party
24 Manuel Fernando Zurita
Acting President		6 May 19507 May 1950Nationalist Liberal Party
25 Anastasio Somoza García
(1896–1956) 		7 May 195029 September 1956Military /
Nationalist Liberal Party
26 Luis Somoza Debayle
(1922–1967) 		29 September 19561 May 1963Nationalist Liberal Party
27 René Schick
(1909–1966) 		1 May 19633 August 1966Nationalist Liberal Party
— Orlando Montenegro Medrano
Acting President
(1920–1988) 		3 August 19664 August 1966Nationalist Liberal Party
28 Lorenzo Guerrero
(1900–1981) 		4 August 19661 May 1967Nationalist Liberal Party
29 Anastasio Somoza Debayle
(1925–1980) 		1 May 19671 May 1972Military /
Nationalist Liberal Party
— Liberal-Conservative Junta1 May 19721 December 1974Nationalist Liberal Party /
Social Conservative Party
30 Anastasio Somoza Debayle
(1925–1980) 		1 December 197417 July 1979Military /
Nationalist Liberal Party
— Francisco Urcuyo
Acting President
(1915–2001) 		17 July 197918 July 1979Nationalist Liberal Party
— Junta of National Reconstruction
(Coordinator: Daniel Ortega)		18 July 197910 January 1985Multipartisan /
Sandinista National Liberation Front
31 Daniel Ortega
(1945–) 		10 January 198525 April 1990Sandinista National Liberation Front
32 Violeta Chamorro
(1929–) 		25 April 199010 January 1997National Opposition Union
33 Arnoldo Alemán
(1947–) 		10 January 199710 January 2002Constitutionalist Liberal Party
34 Enrique Bolaños
(1928–) 		10 January 200210 January 2007Constitutionalist Liberal Party
(until October 2004.)
(34) Alliance for the Republic
35 Daniel Ortega
(1945–) 		10 January 2007IncumbentSandinista National Liberation Front

See also

Latest election

Candidate Party Votes %
Daniel OrtegaSandinista National Liberation Front1,806,65172.44
Maximino RodríguezConstitutionalist Liberal Party374,89815.03
José AlvaradoIndependent Liberal Party112,5624.51
Saturnino CerratoNicaraguan Liberal Alliance107,3924.31
Erick CabezasConservative Party57,4372.30
Carlos CanalesAlliance for the Republic35,0021.40
Invalid/blank votes––
Total2,493,942100
Registered voters/turnout––
Source: CSE

References

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