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Rosario María Murillo Zambrana (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈsaɾjo muˈɾiʝo]; born 22 June 1951) is a Nicaraguan politician, poet and dictator [1] [2] who is serving as co-president of Nicaragua along with her husband, President Daniel Ortega, since January 2025.
Ortega married Rosario Murillo in 1979 in a secret ceremony. [27] They moved to Costa Rica with her three children from a previous marriage. [30] Ortega remarried Murillo in 2005 in order to have the marriage recognized by the Catholic Church, as part of his effort to reconcile with the church. The couple has eight children, [37] three of them ...
Rosario Murillo: January 10, 2007 Incumbent: Daniel Ortega: First Lady since 2007, Murillo is a highly influential figure in Nicaraguan politics. In 2016, Daniel Ortega selected his wife as his running mate for Vice President of Nicaragua in a controversial move. She has simultaneously held the Vice Presidency since January 2017. [7] [8] [14 ...
Ortega and his wife, vice-president Rosario Murillo, are set to assume absolute power after loyalist lawmakers approved a constitutional amendment in 2024, elevating her to the position of "co ...
Forty years later, few Americans noticed Daniel Ortega's return to power. ... He soon consolidated a dictatorship with his wife (and, later, vice president) Rosario Murillo, facing relatively ...
A male and female co-president are elected by universal suffrage to a six-year term. When the amendment was passed, the incumbent president Daniel Ortega and his wife and vice-president Rosario Murillo were declared to be the inaugural co-presidents. Ortega had previously served as president since 2007. [3]
General elections are due to be held in Nicaragua by November 2027 to elect the president (or co-presidents) and members of the National Assembly. [1] As there are no term limits for the presidency, co-presidents Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo are eligible to run for a fifth and second term, respectively.
Daniel Ortega [4] Virgilio Godoy: 25 April 1990 24 October 1995 ... Rosario Murillo: 10 January 2017 30 January 2025 See also. List of current vice presidents;