Mayor of Managua
| Mayor of Managua | |
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 Flag of Managua | |
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| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Juan Rovira |
| Formation | 1818 |
The mayor of Managua is chief executive of the capital city of Nicaragua, with almost two million residents as of 2018.[1] The mayor is chosen in the quadriennal Nicaraguan general elections.[1] The incumbent is Reyna Rueda of the FSLN.
The city's other officials include the deputy mayor and the city council.
List of mayors
[edit]- 1953-1956: Julio C. Quintana Villanueva[2]
- 1954-1961: Gustavo Raskosky[2]
- 1961-1963: Guillermo Lang[2]
- 1963-1968: Humberto Ramírez Estrada[2]
- 1968-1970: Arturo Cruz Porras[2]
- 1970-1976 Luis Valle Olivares[2]
- 1976-1979: Orlando Montenegro Medrano[2]
- 1979-1980: Paul Atha Ramírez[2]
- 1980-1985: Samuel Santos López[2] – held office during the Junta of National Reconstruction; official title was "Minister of Reconstruction for Managua"[3]
- 1985-1988: Moisés Hassan[2][4]
- 1988-1990 : Carlos Carrión Cruz[2][5][6] – previously in charge of FSLN political operations in Managua, Carrión became Mayor when Hassan quit the FSLN[6]
- 1990-1995: Arnoldo Alemán[2] – first mayor after FSLN defeat in 1990,[5] elected with 52% of vote[7]
- 1995-1996: Roberto Cedeño Borgen[2]
- 1996-1997: Mirima Fonseca López[2]
- 1997-2001: Roberto Cedeño Borgen[2]
- 2001-2005: Herty Lewites[8]
- 2005-2007: Dionisio Marenco[9]
- 2009-2009: Alexis Argüello – died in office[10]
- 2009-2018: Daysi Torres
- 2018–present: Reyna Rueda – elected on November 5, 2017 with 87.64% of the vote[11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "La sandinista Reyna Rueda asume como alcaldesa de Managua por un período de cuatro años". EFE (in Spanish). January 16, 2018. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "ALCALDES DE MANAGUA". Archived from the original on 2020-07-26.
- ^ Goodwin, Michael (1983-10-19). "KOCH AND MANAGUA'S MAYOR HAVE A DEBATE". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
- ^ "Inventory of the Moisés Hassan M. papers". oac.cdlib.org. Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ^ a b Christian, Shirley (1992-05-16). "Managua Journal; Mayor Cleans Up City, but Some Don't Like Him". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
- ^ a b Kinzer, Stephen (1988-05-08). "In Managua, Not Exactly Last Hurrah". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2016-07-28. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
- ^ Bourdreaux, Richard. "Managua's mayor in lonely battle against Sandinistas". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
- ^ Kinzer, Stephen (2006-07-04). "Herty Lewites, 66, Ex-Sandinista, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ^ "Q&A: Nicaragua Is Not Likely to Meet the MDGs". Inter Press Service. 22 June 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ "Alexis Arguello dies at 57; winner of three world boxing titles". Los Angeles Times. 2009-07-02. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ^ "4 Die in Nicaragua violence after Sandinista victory in municipal elections". EFE. November 7, 2017. Retrieved 2020-12-18.