President of Nicaragua
head of state and head of government of Nicaragua
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 known simply as Head of State (Jefe de Estado).
President of the Republic of Nicaragua Presidente de la República de Nicaragua | |
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![]() Presidential Seal | |
Residence | Managua, Nicaragua |
Term length | Five years |
Inaugural holder | Fruto Chamorro |
Formation | 30 April 1854 |
Deputy | Vice President of Nicaragua |
Website | President of Nicaragua |
List of presidents
changeNo. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political affiliation | |
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1 | Fruto Chamorro (1804–1855) |
30 April 1854 | 12 March 1855 | Conservative | |
— | José María Estrada (1802–1856) Acting President |
12 March 1855 | 22 October 1855 | Conservative | |
— | Patricio Rivas Provisional President |
30 October 1855 | 24 June 1857 | Conservative | |
William Walker (1824–1860) Usurper |
12 July 1856 | 1 May 1857 | Democratic | ||
— | Government Junta | 24 June 1857 | 15 November 1857 | Conservative / Democratic | |
2 | Tomás Martínez (1820–1873) |
15 November 1857 | 1 March 1867 | Conservative | |
3 | Fernando Guzmán Solórzano (1812–1891) |
1 March 1867 | 1 March 1871 | Conservative | |
4 | José Vicente Cuadra (1812–1894) |
1 March 1871 | 1 March 1875 | Conservative | |
5 | Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro (1818–1890) |
1 March 1875 | 1 March 1879 | Conservative | |
6 | Joaquín Zavala (1835–1906) |
1 March 1879 | 1 March 1883 | Conservative | |
7 | Adán Cárdenas (1836–1916) |
1 March 1883 | 1 March 1887 | Conservative | |
8 | Evaristo Carazo (1821–1889) |
1 March 1887 | 1 August 1889 | Conservative | |
— | Nicolás Osorno Acting President |
1 August 1889 | 5 August 1889 | Conservative | |
— | Roberto Sacasa (1840–1896) Acting President |
5 August 1889 | 1 January 1891 | Conservative | |
9 | Ignacio Chaves López | 1 January 1891 | 1 March 1891 | Conservative | |
10 | Roberto Sacasa (1840–1896) |
1 March 1891 | 11 July 1893 | Conservative | |
— | Salvador Machado Acting President |
11 July 1893 | 15 July 1893 | Conservative | |
— | Joaquín Zavala (1835–1906) Acting President |
16 July 1893 | 25 July 1893 | Conservative | |
11 | José Santos Zelaya (1853–1919) |
25 July 1893 | 21 December 1909 | Democratic | |
— | José Madriz (1867–1911) Acting President |
21 December 1909 | 20 August 1910 | Democratic | |
— | José Dolores Estrada (1869–1939) Acting President |
20 August 1910 | 27 August 1910 | Conservative | |
— | Luis Mena Acting President |
27 August 1910 | 30 August 1910 | Conservative | |
— | Juan José Estrada (1872–1967) Provisional President |
30 August 1910 | 9 May 1911 | Conservative | |
12 | Adolfo Díaz (1875–1964) |
9 May 1911 | 1 January 1917 | Conservative | |
13 | Emiliano Chamorro Vargas (1871–1966) |
1 January 1917 | 1 January 1921 | Conservative | |
14 | Diego Manuel Chamorro (1861–1923) |
1 January 1921 | 12 October 1923 | Conservative | |
— | Rosendo Chamorro Acting President |
12 October 1923 | 27 October 1923 | Conservative | |
15 | Bartolomé Martínez (1873–1936) |
27 October 1923 | 1 January 1925 | Conservative | |
16 | Carlos José Solórzano (1860–1936) |
1 January 1925 | 14 March 1926 | Conservative | |
17 | Emiliano Chamorro Vargas (1871–1966) De facto |
14 March 1926 | 11 November 1926 | Conservative | |
— | Sebastián Uriza (1861–1926) Acting President |
11 November 1926 | 14 November 1926 | Conservative | |
18 | Adolfo Díaz (1875–1964) |
14 November 1926 | 1 January 1929 | Conservative | |
19 | José María Moncada (1870–1945) |
1 January 1929 | 1 January 1933 | Democratic | |
20 | Juan Bautista Sacasa (1874–1946) |
1 January 1933 | 9 June 1936 | Democratic | |
— | Carlos Alberto Brenes (1884–1942) Acting President |
9 June 1936 | 1 January 1937 | Democratic | |
21 | Anastasio Somoza García (1896–1956) |
1 January 1937 | 1 May 1947 | Military / Nationalist Liberal Party | |
22 | Leonardo Argüello Barreto (1875–1947) |
1 May 1947 | 26 May 1947 | Nationalist Liberal Party | |
— | Benjamín Lacayo Sacasa (1893–1959) Acting President |
26 May 1947 | 15 August 1947 | Nationalist Liberal Party | |
23 | Víctor Manuel Román y Reyes (1872–1950) |
15 August 1947 | 6 May 1950 | Nationalist Liberal Party | |
24 | Manuel Fernando Zurita Acting President |
6 May 1950 | 7 May 1950 | Nationalist Liberal Party | |
25 | Anastasio Somoza García (1896–1956) |
7 May 1950 | 29 September 1956 | Military / Nationalist Liberal Party | |
26 | Luis Somoza Debayle (1922–1967) |
29 September 1956 | 1 May 1963 | Nationalist Liberal Party | |
27 | René Schick (1909–1966) |
1 May 1963 | 3 August 1966 | Nationalist Liberal Party | |
— | Orlando Montenegro Medrano (1920–1988) Acting President |
3 August 1966 | 4 August 1966 | Nationalist Liberal Party | |
28 | Lorenzo Guerrero (1900–1981) |
4 August 1966 | 1 May 1967 | Nationalist Liberal Party | |
29 | Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925–1980) |
1 May 1967 | 1 May 1972 | Military / Nationalist Liberal Party | |
— | Liberal-Conservative Junta | 1 May 1972 | 1 December 1974 | Nationalist Liberal Party / Social Conservative Party | |
30 | Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925–1980) |
1 December 1974 | 17 July 1979 | Military / Nationalist Liberal Party | |
— | Francisco Urcuyo (1915–2001) Acting President |
17 July 1979 | 18 July 1979 | Nationalist Liberal Party | |
— | Junta of National Reconstruction (Coordinator: Daniel Ortega) |
18 July 1979 | 10 January 1985 | Multipartisan / Sandinista National Liberation Front | |
31 | Daniel Ortega (born 1945) |
10 January 1985 | 25 April 1990 | Sandinista National Liberation Front | |
32 | Violeta Chamorro (born 1929) |
25 April 1990 | 10 January 1997 | National Opposition Union | |
33 | Arnoldo Alemán (born 1947) |
10 January 1997 | 10 January 2002 | Constitutionalist Liberal Party | |
34 | Enrique Bolaños (1928-2021) |
10 January 2002 | 10 January 2007 | Constitutionalist Liberal Party (until October 2004.) | |
(34) | Alliance for the Republic | ||||
35 | Daniel Ortega (born 1945) |
10 January 2007 | Incumbent | Sandinista National Liberation Front |
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