The Supreme Electoral Council ( es, Consejo Supremo Electoral, CSE) is the public body responsible for organizing elections in
Nicaragua
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 countr ...
.
Roberto Rivas Reyes
Roberto José Rivas Reyes (6 July 1954 – 5 March 2022) was a Nicaraguan politician who was President of the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE). Rivas became a CSE magistrate in 1995, and five years later became its president.
Biography
As of ...
has been president of the CSE since July 2000, though as of January 2018, vice-president
Lumberto Campbell
Lumberto Ignacio Campbell (born February 3, 1949) is a Nicaraguan Sandinista politician. Campbell was born in Bluefields, Nicaragua and was the only Creole guerilla commander in the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), known by the nom de ...
functioned as acting head of the organization. Campbell was named to the Council by the
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...
in 2014.
Previous presidents of the CSE include
Mariano Fiallos Oyanguren
Mariano Fiallos Oyanguren (28 June 1933 – 25 June 2014) was a Nicaraguan judge and academic. He was rector of National Autonomous University of Nicaragua at León (UNAN-León) from 1974 to 1980 and President of the Supreme Electoral Council ...
(1984 to 1996)
and
Rosa Marina Zelaya
Rosa or De Rosa may refer to:
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(beginning in the 1990s).
Past and current presidents
Mariano Fiallos Oyanguren 2005.jpg, Mariano Fiallos Oyanguren
Mariano Fiallos Oyanguren (28 June 1933 – 25 June 2014) was a Nicaraguan judge and academic. He was rector of National Autonomous University of Nicaragua at León (UNAN-León) from 1974 to 1980 and President of the Supreme Electoral Council ...
Rosa Marina Zelaya 2018.jpg, Rosa Marina Zelaya
Rosa or De Rosa may refer to:
People
*Rosa (given name)
* Rosa (surname)
*Santa Rosa (female given name from Latin-a latinized variant of Rose)
Places
* 223 Rosa, an asteroid
*Rosa, Alabama, a town, United States
* Rosa, Germany, in Thuringia, ...
Roberto Rivas 2013.jpg, Roberto Rivas Reyes
Roberto José Rivas Reyes (6 July 1954 – 5 March 2022) was a Nicaraguan politician who was President of the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE). Rivas became a CSE magistrate in 1995, and five years later became its president.
Biography
As of ...
References
External links
Official website
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Elections in Nicaragua
Nicaragua
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 countr ...