Rosendo Chamorro Oreamuno was briefly

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in 1923. He received a doctorate from the

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. In 1923, he was Minister of the Interior of Nicaragua. When President

Diego Manuel Chamorro Diego Manuel Chamorro Bolaños (9 August 1861 – 12 October 1923) was the President of Nicaragua between 1 January 1921 and 12 October 1923. He was a member of the Conservative Party of Nicaragua. He was born in Nandaime and was a member of ...

died, Rosendo Chamorro was designated interim president until Vice-president Bartolomé Martínez returned to the capital to be sworn in. He held the position of President for fifteen days.

Genealogy

Rosendo Chamorro Oreamuno was born on 8 February 1862 in Granada to a very wealthy and politically influential family. His father, Dionisio Chamorro Alfaro is brother and half brother respectively to the presidents

Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro (29 June 1818 in Granada – 7 June 1890 in Granada) was the President of Nicaragua from 1 March 1875 to 1 March 1879 and a member of the conservative dominant oligarchy Chamorro family. Background He was a son of P ...

and Frutos Chamorro Perez. His grandfather Pedro José Chamorro Argüello was the army general stationed in Granada, Nicaragua. Rosendo is also first cousin to President Diego Manuel Chamorro Bolaños, and uncle to President

Emiliano Chamorro Vargas Emiliano Chamorro Vargas (11 May 1871 – 26 February 1966) was a Nicaraguan military figure and politician who served as President of Nicaragua from 1 January 1917 to 1 January 1921, and again as interim president from 14 March to 11 November 19 ...

. He is also Granduncle to

Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal (23 September 1924 – 10 January 1978) was a Nicaraguan journalist and publisher. He was the editor of ''La Prensa'', the only significant opposition newspaper to the long rule of the Somoza family. He is a 19 ...

, wife of President

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. Rosendo married Emilia Solorzano Gutierrez from Granada and had five children: * Enrique Chamorro Solórzano married to María Carazo Morales, they had five children * Emilia Chamorro Solórzano married to Rodolfo Vivas de Martini, they had three children * Amalia Chamorro Solórzano married to William Godfrey * Rosendo Chamorro Solórzano married to Agustina Benard Guzman, three children, and one child from Dominga Mercado * Alejandro Chamorro Solórzano married to María Teresa Carazo Morales, they had four children, later married Maria Isabel Cuadra Cardenal and had ten children.

References

''Genealogia Familia Chamorro'', por El Dr.

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Rosendo Chamorro Rosendo Chamorro Oreamuno was briefly President of Nicaragua in 1923. He received a doctorate from the University of Paris. In 1923, he was Minister of the Interior of Nicaragua. When President Diego Manuel Chamorro died, Rosendo Chamorro was d ...

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