Rosario Murillo

Rosario Murillo
Murillo in 2024
Co-President of Nicaragua
Assumed office
18 February 2025
Serving with Daniel Ortega
Preceded byDaniel Ortega (as sole President)
Vice President of Nicaragua
In office
10 January 2017 – 18 February 2025
PresidentDaniel Ortega
Preceded byOmar Halleslevens
Succeeded byVacant
First Lady of Nicaragua
Assumed role
10 January 2007
PresidentDaniel Ortega
Preceded byLila T. Abaunza
In role
10 January 1985 – 25 April 1990
Provisional: 18 July 1979 – 10 January 1985
PresidentDaniel Ortega
Preceded byHope Portocarrero (1979)
Succeeded byCristiana Chamorro Barrios
Member of the National Assembly of Nicaragua
In office
4 November 1984 – 25 February 1990
Personal details
Born
Rosario María Murillo Zambrana

(1951-06-22) 22 June 1951 (age 73)
Managua, Nicaragua
Political partyFSLN
Spouses
Jorge Narváez
(m. 1967; died 1968)
(m. 1968; div. 1972)
Carlos Vicente Ibarra
(m. 1973; div. 1977)
(m. 1979)
Children2 with Jorge Narváez
1 with Moisés Hassan
7 with Daniel Ortega
RelativesAugusto César Sandino (great uncle)
Xiomara Blandino (daughter-in-law)

Rosario María Murillo Zambrana (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈsaɾjo muˈɾiʝo]; born 22 June 1951) is a Nicaraguan politician, poet and dictator[1] who is serving as co-president of Nicaragua along with her husband, President Daniel Ortega, since January 2025.

Prior to this, she served as the vice president of Nicaragua, the country's second highest office, from 2017 to 2025 and as First Lady of Nicaragua from 2007 to 2025 and from 1985 to 1990 as the wife of President Ortega. Murillo has served as the Nicaraguan government's lead spokesperson,[2] government minister,[3] head of the Sandinista Association of Cultural Workers, and Communications Coordinator of the Council on Communication and Citizenry. She was sworn in as vice president of Nicaragua on 10 January 2017.[4][5] In August 2021, she was personally sanctioned by the European Union over alleged human rights violations.[6]

  1. ^ France-Presse, Agence (22 November 2024). "Nicaragua: Ortega and wife to assume absolute power after changes approved". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Iran and Nicaragua in barter deal". BBC News. 5 August 2007. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
  3. ^ "Nicaragua-Venezuela Talk Cooperation". Prensa Latina. Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2008. ... informed Government minister and first lady, Rosario Murillo.
  4. ^ "Morning Star :: Nicaragua: Sandinista Ortega sworn in for fourth term as president | The People's Daily". www.morningstaronline.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 January 2017.
  5. ^ Goldman, Francisco (29 March 1987). "Poetry and Power in Nicaragua". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
  6. ^ "EU sanctions Nicaragua's first lady and vice-president over human rights violations". Guardian. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

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