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Violeta Chamorro

1929 - 2025

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Violeta Barrios Torres de Chamorro (Spanish pronunciation: [bjoˈleta ˈβarjos ˈtores de tʃaˈmoro]; 18 October 1929 – 14 June 2025) was a Nicaraguan politician who served as the president of Nicaragua from 1990 to 1997. She was the country's first female president. Previously, she was a member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (Spanish: Junta de Gobierno de Reconstrucción Nacional, JGRN) from 1979 to 1980. Her husband, Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, was a journalist with his family's newspaper, La Prensa, which he later inherited. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Violeta Chamorro is the 3,525th most popular politician (down from 3,361st in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Nicaragua and the 4th most popular Nicaraguan Politician.

Violeta Chamorro was the first female president of Nicaragua. She was elected in 1990, and served until 1997.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Violeta Chamorro ranks 3,525 out of 19,576. Before her are Vortigern, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Chung Il-kwon, Anatoly Lunacharsky, Hyrcanus II, and Luigi Einaudi. After her are U of Goryeo, Ernest, Elector of Saxony, Bayinnaung, Dingane kaSenzangakhona, Louisa Maria Stuart, and Emperor Taizu of Jin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Violeta Chamorro ranks 71. Before her are Paul Lauterbur, Alfred Moisiu, Bernard Haitink, Yevgeny Primakov, E. O. Wilson, and Omar Torrijos. After her are Jerry Goldsmith, Ágnes Heller, Lennart Johansson, Mike Hawthorn, Dick Clark, and Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow. Among people deceased in 2025, Violeta Chamorro ranks 34. Before her are Roberta Flack, Robert Benton, Denis Law, Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, and Peter Lax. After her are Jochen Mass, Costas Simitis, Ján Zachara, Alfredo Palacio, Vitold Fokin, and Oleg Gordievsky.

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In Nicaragua

Among people born in Nicaragua, Violeta Chamorro ranks 5 out of 34. Before her are Daniel Ortega (1945), Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925), Augusto César Sandino (1895), and Anastasio Somoza García (1896). After her are Rubén Darío (1867), Ernesto Cardenal (1925), Enrique Bolaños (1928), Barbara Carrera (1945), Leopoldo Brenes (1949), Luis Somoza Debayle (1922), and Arnoldo Alemán (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nicaragua

Among politicians born in Nicaragua, Violeta Chamorro ranks 4. Before her are Daniel Ortega (1945), Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925), and Anastasio Somoza García (1896). After her are Ernesto Cardenal (1925), Enrique Bolaños (1928), Luis Somoza Debayle (1922), Arnoldo Alemán (1946), José Santos Zelaya (1853), Emiliano Chamorro Vargas (1871), Juan Bautista Sacasa (1874), and Edén Pastora (1936).

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