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This article is about the President of Nicaragua, for the 2006 presidential election results see: Nicaraguan general election, 2006

[edit] List of Presidents of the Republic of Nicaragua (1854-Present)

From	To	President
30 April 1854	12 March 1855	Fruto Chamorro
11 June 1854	2 September 1855	Francisco Castellón (in opposition)
12 March 1855	20 March 1855	Ponciano Corral (de facto)
20 March 1855	25 October 1855	José María Estrada (acting)
25 October 1855	24 June 1857	Patricio Rivas (provisional)
12 July 1856	1 May 1857	William Walker (in opposition)
24 June 1857	19 October 1857	Government Junta composed of: Maximo Jerez Tomás Martínez
19 October 1857	15 November 1857	Government Junta composed of: Gregorio Juarez Rosalio Cortés
15 November 1857	1 March 1867	Tomás Martínez
1 March 1867	1 March 1871	Fernando Guzmán
1 March 1871	1 March 1875	José Vicente Cuadra
1 March 1875	1 March 1879	Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro
1 March 1879	1 March 1883	Joaquín Zavala (1st term)
1 March 1883	1 March 1887	Adán Cárdenas
1 March 1887	1 August 1889	Evaristo Carazo
1 August 1889	5 August 1889	David Osorno (acting)
5 August 1889	1 January 1891	Roberto Sacasa (1st term, acting)
1 January 1891	1 March 1891	Ignacio Chávez
1 March 1891	1 June 1893	Roberto Sacasa (2nd term)
20 May 1893	1 June 1893	Revolutionary Government Junta composed of: Eduardo Montiel Jose Santos Zelaya
1 June 1893	15 July 1893	Salvador Machado (acting)
16 July 1893	31 July 1893	Joaquín Zavala (2nd term, provisional)
31 July 1893	21 December 1909	José Santos Zelaya
21 December 1909	20 August 1910	José Madriz (acting)
20 August 1910	27 August 1910	José Dolores Estrada (acting)
27 August 1910	30 August 1910	Luis Mena (acting)
30 August 1910	9 May 1911	Juan José Estrada
9 May 1911	1 January 1917	Adolfo Díaz (1st term)
1 January 1917	1 January 1921	Emiliano Chamorro Vargas (1st term)
1 January 1921	12 October 1923	Diego Manuel Chamorro Bolaños
12 October 1923	October 1923	Rosendo Chamorro (acting)
October 1923	1 January 1925	Bartolomé Martínez (acting)
1 January 1925	14 March 1926	Carlos José Solórzano
14 March 1926	11 November 1926	Emiliano Chamorro Vargas (2nd term, acting)
11 November 1926	14 November 1926	Sebastián Uriza (acting)
14 November 1926	1 January 1929	Adolfo Díaz (2nd term)
1 January 1929	1 January 1933	José María Moncada Tapia
1 January 1933	9 June 1936	Juan Bautista Sacasa
9 June 1936	1 January 1937	Carlos Alberto Brenes Jarquín (acting)
1 January 1937	1 May 1947	Anastasio Somoza García (1st term)
1 May 1947	26 May 1947	Leonardo Argüello Barreto
26 May 1947	15 August 1947	Benjamín Lacayo Sacasa (acting)
15 August 1947	6 May 1950	Víctor Manuel Román y Reyes
6 May 1950	7 May 1950	Manuel Fernando Zurita (acting)
7 May 1950	29 September 1956	Anastasio Somoza García (2nd term)
29 September 1956	1 May 1963	Luis Somoza Debayle
1 May 1963	3 August 1966	René Schick Gutiérrez
3 August 1966	4 August 1966	Orlando Montenegro Medrano (acting)
4 August 1966	1 May 1967	Lorenzo Guerrero Gutiérrez
1 May 1967	1 May 1972	Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1st term)
1 May 1972	1 December 1974	National Government Junta composed of: Roberto Martinez Lacayo Fernando Agüero (to 1 March 1973) Edmundo Paguaga Irias (from 1 March 1973) Alfonso Lovo Cordero
1 December 1974	17 July 1979	Anastasio Somoza Debayle (2nd term)
17 July 1979	18 July 1979	Francisco Urcuyo Maliaños (acting)
18 July 1979	10 January 1985	Government Junta of National Reconstruction composed of: Daniel Ortega Saavedra (coordinator from 4 March 1981) Sergio Ramírez Mercado Violeta Barrios de Chamorro (to 19 April 1980) Alfonso Robelo (to 22 April 1980) Moisés Hassán Morales (to 4 March 1981) Rafael Angel Cordova Rivas (from 18 May 1980) Arturo Cruz (18 May 1980 - 4 March 1981)
10 January 1985	25 April 1990	Daniel Ortega Saavedra (1st term)
25 April 1990	10 January 1997	Violeta Barrios de Chamorro
10 January 1997	10 January 2002	Arnoldo Alemán
10 January 2002	10 January 2007	Enrique Bolaños
10 January 2007	Incumbent	Daniel Ortega Saavedra (2nd term)

[edit] Latest election

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Summary of the 5 November 2006 Nicaragua presidential election results

Candidates - Parties	Votes	%
José Daniel Ortega Saavedra - Sandinista National Liberation Front	854,316	38.07
Eduardo Montealegre - Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance	650,879	29.00
José Rizo Castellón - Constitutionalist Liberal Party	588,304	26.51
Edmundo Jarquín Calderón - Sandinista Renovation Movement	144,596	6.44
Edén Atanacio Pastora Gómez - Alternative for Change	6,120	0.27
Total	2,244,215	100.0
Source: Consejo Supremo Electoral

[edit] See also

• History of Nicaragua
• Presidentes de Nicaraguade:Liste der Präsidenten von Nicaragua

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