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Lorenzo Guerrero Gutiérrez (13 November 1900 – 15 April 1981) was a
Nicaraguan Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the cou ...
politician and a close associate of Somoza family. Guerrero was the president of the upper chamber of
National Congress of Nicaragua The National Congress of Nicaragua ( es, Congreso Nacional) was the legislature of Nicaragua before the Nicaraguan Revolution of 1979.https://geographic.org/wfb1982/worldfactbook82natiilli.pdf The congress was bicameral, and consisted of Cha ...
1949–1950, 1953–1954, 1956-1957 and 1962. Guerrero served as one of the
Vice Presidents A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on ...
in the administration of
René Schick René Schick Gutiérrez (23 November 1909 – 3 August 1966) was President of Nicaragua from 1 May 1963 to 3 August 1966, but was considered a puppet politician of Luis Somoza. He was born in León, Nicaragua León () is the second largest ...
from May 1963 to August 1966 and became
President of Nicaragua The president of Nicaragua ( es, Presidente de Nicaragua), officially known as the president of the Republic of Nicaragua ( es, Presidente de la República de Nicaragua), is the head of state and head of government of Nicaragua. The office was ...
on 4 August 1966 following the death of Schick.History of Vicepresidency
Guerrero served the remainder of Schick's term and handed over the presidency to
Anastasio Somoza Debayle Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle (; 5 December 1925 – 17 September 1980) was the President of Nicaragua from 1 May 1967 to 1 May 1972 and from 1 December 1974 to 17 July 1979. As head of the National Guard, he was ''de facto'' ruler of ...
on 1 May 1967, who in turn appointed Guerrero as his Foreign Minister. He was a relative of his predecessor
René Schick René Schick Gutiérrez (23 November 1909 – 3 August 1966) was President of Nicaragua from 1 May 1963 to 3 August 1966, but was considered a puppet politician of Luis Somoza. He was born in León, Nicaragua León () is the second largest ...
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1900 births 1981 deaths People from Granada, Nicaragua Presidents of Nicaragua Vice presidents of Nicaragua Presidents of the Senate (Nicaragua) Foreign Ministers of Nicaragua Nationalist Liberal Party politicians People of the Nicaraguan Revolution {{Nicaragua-politician-stub