President of Nicaragua

The President of Nicaragua (Spanish: Presidente de Nicaraguacode: es is deprecated ) officially known as the President of the Republic of Nicaragua (Spanish: Presidente de la República de Nicaraguacode: es is deprecated ) 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
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

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political affiliation
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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