Antonio Lacayo Oyanguren (died November 17, 2015) was a Nicaraguan politician who served as Minister of the Presidency from 1990 to 1996, during the government of

Violeta Barrios de Chamorro Violeta Barrios Torres de Chamorro (; 18 October 1929) is a Nicaraguan politician who served as President of Nicaragua from 1990 to 1997. She was the first and, as of 2022, only woman to hold the position of president of Nicaragua. Born int ...

. He was a central figure in the country’s transition to democracy. He was campaign manager for Chamorro’s 1990 run for the presidency that defeated FSLN incumbent

Daniel Ortega José Daniel Ortega Saavedra (; born 11 November 1945) is a Nicaraguans, Nicaraguan revolutionary and politician serving as President of Nicaragua since 2007. Previously he was leader of Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990, first as coordinator of the ...

. In 1991, he created the Cordoba Oro.

Personal life

He was married to

Cristiana Chamorro Barrios Cristiana Chamorro Barrios (born 1954) is a Nicaraguan journalist, nonprofit executive and political candidate. Vice-president of ''La Prensa'', she was an aspiring presidential candidate in the 2021 Nicaraguan general election until the Orte ...

. In 2015, he died in a helicopter crash into the San Juan River. The pilot and two Americans, executives from

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and Tampa Juice, also died.

Publications

* ''La Difícil Transición Nicaraguense en el Gobierno con Doña Violeta'' (2005)

References

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