Vice President of Nicaragua

The Vice President of the Republic of Nicaragua (Spanish: Vicepresidente de la República de Nicaragua) is the second highest political position in Nicaragua. According to the current Constitution, the Vice President is elected on the same ticket, and at the same time, as the President.

Deputy Chief of State 1826–1838

As in other countries of Central American Federation, also Nicaragua had Head of State and Deputy Head of State. Deputy Head of State was first mentioned in the Constitution of 1826. The position had a great influence in important decision-making process of the Head of State. The position of Deputy Chief of State was removed in the Constitution of 1838. In case of vacancy in the presidency, a member of Senate would be elected to fill the vacancy.

Vice President of Nicaragua

The position of Vice President of the Republic existed legally on four occasions:

1. During Liberal Constitution between 1893 and 1896. President Zelaya abolished the position in 1896, replacing it with a system of three Presidential Designates elected annually by the Legislature.
2. During Conservative Constitution from 1911 to 1939.
3. From 1962 to 1972 by constitutional reforms of Luis Somoza Debayle in 1962 and Rene Schick in 1966.
4. After the new Constitution of 1987.

Gen. Anastasio Ortiz, was the first Vice President appointed by a Constituent Assembly. The Constitutional system of replacement of the President by the Vice President worked in 1923 when President Diego Manuel Chamorro was replaced by Bartolomé Martínez.

A list of the office holders follows.

Name	Inaugurated	Left Office	President	Notes
Roberto Sacasa Sarria	April 1887	1 August 1889	Evaristo Carazo	Presidential designate[1][2]
Gen. Anastasio J. Ortiz Argeñal	15 September 1893	9 January 1894	José Santos Zelaya	[3][4]
Francisco Baca	1894	February 1896	José Santos Zelaya	[5]
Adolfo Díaz	August 1910	May 1911	Juan José Estrada	[6][7]
Fernando Solórzano	January 1913	December 1916	Adolfo Díaz	[8]
Nemesio Martínez	January 1917	December 1920	Emiliano Chamorro Vargas	[9]
Bartolomé Martínez González	January 1921	12 October 1923	Diego Manuel Chamorro	[10] Martínez succeeded to the presidency
Juan Bautista Sacasa	1 January 1925	14 March 1926	Carlos José Solórzano	[11]
Enoc Aguado Farfán	1 January 1929	1 January 1933	José María Moncada	[12]
Rodolfo Espinosa Ramírez	1 January 1933	9 June 1936	Juan Bautista Sacasa	[13]
Francisco Navarro Alvarado	January 1937	March 1939	Anastasio Somoza García	[14]
Mariano Argüello Vargas	22 November 1947	May 1950	Víctor Manuel Román y Reyes	[15]
Silvio Argüello Cardenal, Gustavo Raskosky and Lorenzo Guerrero Gutiérrez	1 May 1963	4 August 1966	René Schick	[16] Guerrero succeeded to the presidency
Silvio Argüello Cardenal and Gustavo Raskosky	4 August 1966	1 May 1967	Lorenzo Guerrero Gutiérrez	[17]
Francisco Urcuyo Maliaños, Alfonso Callejas Deshón, Alfonso Lovo Cordero	1 May 1967	1 May 1972	Anastasio Somoza Debayle	[18]
Vacant	1 May 1972	10 January 1985
Sergio Ramírez Mercado	10 January 1985	25 April 1990	Daniel Ortega	[19]
Virgilio Godoy	25 April 1990	October 1995	Violeta Chamorro	[20] Resigned to pursue presidency
Julia Mena	October 1995	10 January 1997	Violeta Chamorro	[21]
Enrique Bolaños	10 January 1997	October 2000	Arnoldo Alemán	[22] Resigned to pursue presidency
Leopoldo Navarro Bermúdez	October 2000	10 January 2002	Arnoldo Alemán	[23]
José Rizo Castellón	10 January 2002	October 2005	Enrique Bolaños	[24] Resigned to pursue presidency
Alfredo Gómez Urcuyo	October 2005	10 January 2007	Enrique Bolaños	[25]
Jaime Morales Carazo	10 January 2007	10 January 2012	Daniel Ortega	[26]
Omar Halleslevens	10 January 2012	10 January 2017	Daniel Ortega
Rosario Murillo	10 January 2017	Incumbent	Daniel Ortega

See also

• List of current vice presidents

References

1. Nicaragua: Elections and Events 1857-1906
2. http://www.temasnicas.net/rtn54.pdf
3. History of Vicepresidency Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
4. Nicaragua: Elections and Events 1857-1906
5. History of Vicepresidency Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
6. Powell, Anna Irion (1921). "Intervention by the United States in Nicaragua, 1898-1912".
7. History of Vicepresidency Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
8. History of Vicepresidency Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
9. History of Vicepresidency Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
10. History of Vicepresidency Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
11. History of Vicepresidency Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
12. History of Vicepresidency Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
13. History of Vicepresidency Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
14. History of Vicepresidency Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
15. History of Vicepresidency Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
16. History of Vicepresidency Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
17. History of Vicepresidency Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
18. History of Vicepresidency Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
19. History of Vicepresidency Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
20. History of Vicepresidency Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
21. History of Vicepresidency Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
22. History of Vicepresidency Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
23. History of Vicepresidency Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
24. History of Vicepresidency Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
25. History of Vicepresidency Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
26. History of Vicepresidency Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Vicepresidency (in Spanish)