NICARAGUA Presidents 1940 President 2005- Fruto Chamorro 1804-1855 President 1853-55 Ponciano Corral 17..-1855 President 1855 José María Estrada 1802-56 President 1855 William Wallace 1824-1860 President 1854-57 (in rebellion) Patricio Rivas President 1855-57 Máximo Jerez 1818-1881 Government Junta 1857 Tomás Martínez 1827-73 Government Junta 1857 Gregorio Juárez Government Junta 1857 Rosalío Cortés Government Junta 1857 Tomás Martínez 1827-73 President 1857-67 Fernando Guzmán 1812-1891 President 1867-71 Francisco Baca 1812-1894 President 1869 (in rebellion) Vicente Quadra 1812-1894 President 1871-75 Pedro Joaquín Chamorro 1818-1890 President 1875-79 Joaquín Zavala 1835-1906 President 2005- Adán Cárdenas 1836-1916 President 1883-87 Evaristo Carazo 1821-1889 President 1887-89 David Osorno President 1889 Roberto Sacasa 1840-1896 President 1889-91 1940 President 2005- 1940 President 2005- 1940 President 2005- José Santos Zelaya 1853-1919 President 1893-1909 José Madriz 1867-1911 President 1909-10 José Dolores Estrada 18..-1911 President 1910 Luis Mena President 1910 Juan José Estrada 1872-1967 President 1910-11 Adolfo Díaz 1875-1964 President 1911-17 Luis Mena President 1912 Benjamín Francisco Zeledón 1879-1912 supreme chief of government 1912 (in dissidence) Emiliano Chamorro Vargas 1871-1966 President 1917-21 Diego Chamorro Bolaños 1861-1923 President 1921-23 Rosendo Chamorro -1947 President 1923 Bartolomé Martínez 1860-1936 President 1923-25 Carlos José Solórzano 1860-1936 President 1925-26 Emiliano Chamorro Vargas 1871-1966 President 1926 Sebastián Uriza President 1926 Adolfo Díaz 1875-1964 President 1926-29 Juan Bautista Sacasa 1874-1946 President 1926-29 (in dissidence) José María Moncada Tapia 1870-1945 President 1929-33 Juan Bautista Sacasa 1874-1946 President 1933-36 Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa 1908-1997 President 1936 Carlos Brenes 1884-1942 President 1936-37 Anastasio Somoza García 1896-1956 President 1937-47 Leonardo Argüello 1875-1947 President 1947 Benjamín Lacayo Sacasa 1893-1959 President 1947 Víctor Manuel Román y Reyes 1873-1950 President 1947-50 Manuel Fernando Zurita President 1950 Anastasio Somoza García 1896-1956 President 1950-56 Luis Somoza Debayle 1922-1967 President 1956-1063 René Schick Gutiérrez 1909-1966 President 1963-66 Orlando Montenegro Medrano -1988 President 1966 Lorenzo Guerrero Gutiérrez 1900-1981 President 1966-67 Anastasio Somoza Debayle 1925-1980 President 1974-79 Roberto Martínez Lacayo 1899-1984 President National Government Junta 1972-74 Fernando Agüero Rocha 1920 National Government Junta 1972-73 Edmundo Paguaga Irías 1923 National Government Junta 1973-74 Alfonso Lovo Cordero 1927 National Government Junta 1972-74 Anastasio Somoza Debayle 1925-1980 President 1974-79 Francisco Urcuyo Maliaños 1915-2001 President 1979 Daniel Ortega Saavedra 1945 President 1979-85 Violeta Barrios de Chamorro 1929 President 1990-97 Arnoldo Alemán 1946 President 1997-2002 Enrique Bolaños 1928 President 2002-