President of Nicaragua

President of the Republic of Nicaragua
Presidente de la República de Nicaragua
Coat of arms of Nicaragua
Incumbent Daniel Ortega since 10 January 2007
Status	Head of state Head of government
Residence	Casa Naranja
Seat	Managua
Term length	Five years renewable indefinitely
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Nicaragua
Precursor	Supreme Director of Nicaragua
Formation	30 April 1854
First holder	Fruto Chamorro
Deputy	Vice President of Nicaragua
Salary	116,768 Nicaraguan córdobas/US$3,193 per month[1][2]
Website	President of Nicaragua

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The president of Nicaragua (Spanish: presidente de Nicaragua), officially known as the president of the Republic of Nicaragua (Spanish: Presidente de la República de Nicaragua), is the head of state and head of government of Nicaragua. The office was created in the Constitution of 1854. From 1825 until the Constitution of 1839, the head of state of Nicaragua was styled simply as Head of State (Jefe de Estado), and from 1839 to 1854 as Supreme Director (Supremo Director).

The incumbent president, Daniel Ortega, has served as president since 2007.^[3]

The presidential term was set at five years from 1985 to 1990, seven years from 1990 to 1997, and was reduced to five years again in 1997.

From 1990 to 2009, the President was barred from immediate reelection. An incumbent President could run again after waiting five years, but if successful would have to leave office for good at the end of his second, nonconsecutive term. However, in 2009, the Supreme Court of Nicaragua ruled that the constitutional ban on immediate reelection was unenforceable.^[4] In 2014, the legislature amended the constitution to allow the President to run for an unlimited number of five-year terms.^[5]