Alfonso Lovo Cordero (June 11, 1927 – May 10, 2018) was a politician from

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 cou ...

. He was the most forward thinking Minister of Agriculture in the history of Nicaragua. Under the Presidency of

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 ...

, he succeeded in gaining for Nicaragua the title of “Granary of Central America“. He was born in Ocotal, Nueva Segovia. After Anastasio Somoza Debayle finished his term, while Nicaragua underwent a process of Constitutional reform he was elected by the Constitutional Assembly to serve in the

Liberal-Conservative Junta The Liberal-Conservative Junta ( es, Triunvirato de Gobierno, lit=Government Triumvirate) officially ruled Nicaragua between 1972 and 1974, though effective power was in the hands of strongman Anastasio Somoza. History Anastasio Somoza Debayle' ...

from May 1, 1972, until December 1, 1974. He died in

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on May 10, 2018, at the age of 90.

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1927 births 2018 deaths Presidents of Nicaragua People from El Paraíso Department {{Nicaragua-politician-stub