President 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
Presidential Seal
Incumbent
Daniel Ortega
since 10 January 2007
ResidenceManagua, Nicaragua
Term lengthFive years
Inaugural holderFruto Chamorro
Formation30 April 1854
DeputyVice President of Nicaragua
WebsitePresident of Nicaragua

List of presidents
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)		Term of officePolitical affiliation
1 Fruto Chamorro
(1804–1855)		30 April 185412 March 1855Conservative
— José María Estrada
(1802–1856)
Acting President		12 March 185522 October 1855Conservative
— Patricio Rivas
Provisional President		30 October 185524 June 1857Conservative
William Walker
(1824–1860)
Usurper		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
(1840–1896)
Acting President		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
(1835–1906)
Acting President		16 July 189325 July 1893Conservative
11 José Santos Zelaya
(1853–1919)		25 July 189321 December 1909Democratic
— José Madriz
(1867–1911)
Acting President		21 December 190920 August 1910Democratic
— José Dolores Estrada
(1869–1939)
Acting President		20 August 191027 August 1910Conservative
— Luis Mena
Acting President		27 August 191030 August 1910Conservative
— Juan José Estrada
(1872–1967)
Provisional President		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
(1871–1966)
De facto		14 March 192611 November 1926Conservative
— Sebastián Uriza
(1861–1926)
Acting President		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
(1884–1942)
Acting President		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
(1893–1959)
Acting President		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
(1920–1988)
Acting President		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
(1915–2001)
Acting President		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
(born 1945)		10 January 198525 April 1990Sandinista National Liberation Front
32 Violeta Chamorro
(born 1929)		25 April 199010 January 1997National Opposition Union
33 Arnoldo Alemán
(born 1947)		10 January 199710 January 2002Constitutionalist Liberal Party
34 Enrique Bolaños
(1928-2021)		10 January 200210 January 2007Constitutionalist Liberal Party
(until October 2004.)
(34) Alliance for the Republic
35 Daniel Ortega
(born 1945)		10 January 2007IncumbentSandinista National Liberation Front

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