Presidents of the Republic
Anastasio Somoza García 1 Jan 1937 - 1 May 1947 (+1956)a [picture] PLN
Leonardo Argüello Barreto 1 May 1947 - 26 May 1947 (+) PLN
Benjamïn Lacayo Sacasa 26 May 1947 - 15 Aug 1947 (+1959) PLN (acting)
Vïctor Manuel Román y Reyes 15 Aug 1947 - 6 May 1950 (+) [picture] PLN
Manuel Fernando Zurita 6 May 1950 - 7 May 1950 PLN (acting)
Anastasio Somoza García 7 May 1950 - 29 Sep 1956 (+)a [picture] PLN
Luis Anastasio Somoza Debayle 29 Sep 1956 - 1 May 1963 (+1967) [picture] PLN
René Schick Gutiérrez 1 May 1963 - 3 Aug 1966 (+) [picture] PLN
Orlando Montenegro Medrano 3 Aug 1966 - 4 Aug 1966 (+19..) PLN (acting)
Lorenzo Guerrero Gutiérrez 4 Aug 1966 - 1 May 1967 (+1981) [picture] PLN
Anastasio Somoza Debayle 1 May 1967 - 1 May 1972 (+1980)a [picture] PLN
National Junta of Government ("Triunvirate")
-Gen. Roberto Martínez Lacayo (+1984) PLN, military
-Alfonso Lovo Cordero [picture] PLN
-Fernando Bernabé Agüero Rocha [picture] PCN (to 1 Mar 1973)
-Edmundo Paguaga Irías 1 May 1972 - 1 Dec 1974 PCN (from 1 Mar 1973)
Presidents of the Republic
Anastasio Somoza Debayle 1 Dec 1974 - 17 Jul 1979 (+1980)a [picture] PLN
Francisco Urcuyo Maliaños 17 Jul 1979 - 18 Jul 1979 (+2001) [picture] PLN (acting)
Junta of Government of National Reconstruction (*)
-José Daniel Ortega Saavedra [picture] FSLN (coordinator from 4 Mar 1981)
-Sergio Ramírez Mercado [picture] G-12, FSLN
-Violeta Barrios de Chamorro [picture] UDEL (to 19 Apr 1980)
-Luis Alfonso Robelo Callejas [picture] MDN (to 22 Apr 1980)
-Moisés Hassán Morales [picture] MPU (to 4 Mar 1981)
-Arturo José Cruz Porras [picture] (19 May 1980 - 4 Mar 1981)
-Rafael Ángel Córdova Rivas 18 Jul 1979 - 10 Jan 1985 (from 19 May 1980)
Presidents of the Republic
José Daniel Ortega Saavedra 10 Jan 1985 - 25 Apr 1990 [picture] FSLN
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro 25 Apr 1990 - 10 Jan 1997 [picture] UNO
José Arnoldo Alemán Lacayo 10 Jan 1997 - 10 Jan 2002 [picture] PLC/AL
Enrique José Bolaños Geyer 10 Jan 2002 - 10 Jan 2007 [picture] PLC
José Daniel Ortega Saavedra 10 Jan 2007 - [picture] FSLN
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