Mayor of Managua

Elected executive of capital of Nicaragua

Mayor of Managua
Seal of Managua
Flag of Managua
Incumbent Reyna Rueda since January 4, 2018
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

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 [es]^[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

^ ^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.