Vice President of Nicaragua

Vice President of 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 in on four occasions:

1. During Liberal Constitution between 1893 and 1896. President Zelaya abolished the position in 1896.

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, albeit incomplete, of the office holders follows.

Name	Inaugurated	Left Office	Notes
Roberto Sacasa Sarria	1887	1889
Gen. Anastasio J. Ortiz Argeñal	15 Sept. 1893	9 Jan. 1894
Francisco Baca	1894	Feb. 1896
Adolfo Díaz Recinos	Aug. 1910	1911
Gen. Corea	1912
Fernando Solórzano	Jan. 1913	Dec. 1916
Nemesio Martínez	Jan. 1917	Dec. 1920
Bartolomé Martínez González	Jan. 1921	12 Oct. 1923	Martínez succeeded to the presidency
Juan Bautista Sacasa	1925	1926
Enoc Aguado Farfán	1929	1932
Rodolfo Espinosa R.	1932	June 1936
Francisco Navarro Alvarado	Jan. 1937	March 1939
Mariano Argüello Vargas	22 Nov. 1947	1950
Silvio Argüello Cardenal and Gustavo Raskosky and Lorenzo Guerrero Gutiérrez	May 1963	Aug. 1966	Guerrero succeeded to the presidency
Silvio Argüello Cardenal and Gustavo Raskosky	Aug. 1966	May 1967
Francisco Urcuyo Maliaños and Alfonso Callejas Deshón	May 1967	May 1972
Vacant	May 1972	Jan. 1985
Sergio Ramírez Mercado	Jan. 1985	Apr. 1990
Virgilio Reyes Godoy	Apr. 1990	1995	Resigned to pursue presidency
Julia de la Cruz Mena Rivera	1995	Jan. 1997
Enrique José Bolaños Geyer	Jan. 1997	Oct. 2000	Resigned to pursue presidency
Leopoldo Navarro Bermúdez	Oct. 2000	Jan. 2002
José Rizo Castellón	Jan. 2002	2005	Resigned to pursue presidency
Alfredo Gómez Urcuyo	2005	Jan. 2007
Jaime Morales Carazo	Jan. 2007	Jan. 2012
Moisés Omar Halleslevens Acevedo	Jan. 2012	Incumbent

See also

• List of current vice presidents

External links

• Vicepresidency (Spanish)