Iván Acosta Montalván is a

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politician and the

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in the administration of

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 ...

since February 2012. Acosta was born in Bluefields on 28 September 1964. He has degrees in economics, and law, and a master's degree in business law. From the

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he holds a PhD in social sciences and a law degree. In 2011 he graduated with a master's degree in business law at the

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empowered him to practice lawyer and notary public in 2006. Acosta started working in the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit in 2007, including the portfolios of secretary general and deputy minister of finance in 2009. He was appointed as

in February 2012, and he is also the governor for Nicaragua in the

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and a member of the board of directors of the Central Bank of Nicaragua.

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