José Rizo Castellón

José Rizo Castellón (27 September 1944 – 23 April 2019) was a Nicaraguan politician, affiliated with the Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC). Rizo was a lawyer trained at the Universidad Centroamericana of Managua in Nicaragua; he also studied in the London School of Economics.[1]

Biography

Rizo was nominated as the PLC's presidential candidate for the 2006 election in which he finished in third place behind Daniel Ortega and Eduardo Montealegre, receiving 25.11% of the vote. Rizo previously served as vice president under Enrique Bolaños, from 2002 until he resigned in 2005 to pursue the presidency.[2] José Antonio Alvarado was his vice-presidential running mate. He died of a terminal illness on 23 April 2019 in Valparaíso, Chile, at the age of 74.[3][4]

References
  1. Washington Times
  2. History of Vicepresidency Archived 2008-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Muere José Rizo, exvicepresidente de Nicaragua y candidato presidencial en 2006". El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  4. "Fallece José Rizo Castellón, exvicepresidente de Nicaragua" (in Spanish). La Nueva Radio YA. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
Political offices
Preceded by
Leopoldo Navarro		 Vice President of Nicaragua
2002–2005		 Succeeded by
Alfredo Gómez Urcuyo


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