Roberto Rivas Reyes

Rivas in 2013

Roberto José Rivas Reyes (6 July 1954 – 5 March 2022) was a Nicaraguan politician and lawyer. He was President of the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE).[1] Rivas became a CSE magistrate in 1995 and five years later became its president.[2] He resigned in 2018. He was born in Managua, Nicaragua.

Rivas Reyes died on 5 March 2022 at a hospital in Managua, at the age of 67 from sepsis caused by COVID-19.[3]

References

  1. "President of Nicaragua’s Supreme Electoral Council hit with US sanctions" (in spanish). Univision. 21 December 2017. https://www.univision.com/univision-news/latin-america/president-of-nicaraguas-supreme-electoral-council-hit-with-us-sanctions. Retrieved 21 March 2019. 
  2. Álvarez, Leonor (11 January 2017). "Roberto Rivas: "Yo estoy bien donde estoy"" (in es-ES). La Prensa. https://www.laprensa.com.ni/2017/01/11/politica/2163335-roberto-rivas-estoy-bien-donde-estoy. Retrieved 6 May 2018. 
  3. "Muere Roberto Rivas, el exmagistrado que entronizó al régimen Ortega-Murillo mediante fraudes electorales". Confidencial (in español). 6 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.