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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]
José Daniel Ortega Saavedra (/ ɔːr ˈ t eɪ ɡ ə /; Spanish: [daˈnjel oɾˈteɣa]; born 11 November 1945) is a Nicaraguan politician and dictator [1] [2] [3] who has been the co-president of Nicaragua since 30 January 2025, alongside his wife Rosario Murillo. He was the 54th and 58th president of Nicaragua from 1985 to
Murillo was born in Managua, Nicaragua.Her father was Teódulo Murillo Molina (1915–1996), a cotton grower and livestock owner. Her mother was Zoilamérica Zambrana Sandino (1926–1973; the daughter of Orlando José Zambrana Báez and Zoilamérica Sandino Tiffer), a niece of General Augusto César Sandino (1895–1934) who fought against the US occupation in Nicaragua. [8]
Vice President Rosario Murillo, who is Ortega’s wife, will now become his co-president. The two have been married since 2005 and she was made vice president in 2017. Ortega has cracked down on ...
Left-wing Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega made his political comeback in the 2006 elections, having led Nicaragua through revolution and a civil war before being voted out in 1990. In 2016, he won ...
Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega was sworn in for a fourth consecutive term Monday following elections considered rigged and on a day marked by sanctions from the United States and European Union ...
Nicaragua is a country in Central America with constitutional democracy with executive, legislative, judicial, and electoral branches of government. The President of Nicaragua is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in the National Assembly.
Daniel Ortega (born 1945), current President of Nicaragua, leader of the FSLN. Edén Pastora (1937–2020), politician. Mariano Prado (1776–1837), lawyer and a four-time, liberal chief of state of El Salvador. Sergio Ramírez (born 1943), Vice President of Nicaragua during the Junta, writer, intellectual.