Ruler · 1929 – 2025

Violeta Chamorro

Lived 1929 – 2025; politician. President of Nicaragua (Nicaragua), 1990 – 1997.

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Lived: 1929 – 2025; 96 years
In office: 7 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Nicaragua
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Nicaragua

Nicaragua · the 53rd of 58 dated reigns · 1854 – 2025

49 before

Anastasio Somoza Debayle1974 – 1979

Francisco Urcuyo1979

Daniel Ortega1985 – 1990

Violeta Chamorro1990 – 1997

Arnoldo Alemán1997 – 2002

Enrique Bolaños2002 – 2007

Daniel Ortega2007 – 2025

2 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1990 – 1997 · 7 years · came to it aged 61

Came to it: elected
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1997; they died in 2025

Despite polls indicating a victory for the incumbent Sandinista President Ortega, Chamorro won the election on 25 February 1990.

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