Fernando Bernabé Agüero Rocha (June 11, 1917 in

Managua ) , settlement_type = Capital city , motto = , image_map = , mapsize = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Nicar ...

– September 27, 2011) was a

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 ...

n politician and the founder (1988) and leader of the

Social Conservative Party The Social Conservative Party (Spanish: ''Partido Social Conservador'' - PSC) is a right-wing conservative Nicaraguan political party founded by its leader Fernando Agüero in 1988. The PSC received legal status in 1989 and participated in the 19 ...

. In 1967, Agüero was chosen to represent the conservative

1966 National Opposition Union The 1966 National Opposition Union ( es, Unión Nacional Opositora - UNO) was a Nicaraguan political coalition founded on October 24, 1966, by the Conservative Party of Nicaragua, Conservative Party (PC), the Nicaraguan Social Christian Party, Soci ...

(UNO) in the presidential election against the

Somoza The Somoza family ( es, Familia Somoza) is a former political family that ruled Nicaragua for forty-three years from 1936 to 1979. Their family dictatorship was founded by Anastasio Somoza García and was continued by his two sons Luis Somoza D ...

regime. His campaign was marked by the bloody repression of one of his political rallies in Managua. In 1971, however, Agüero signed the controversial Kupia Kumi pact with Anastasio Somoza Debayle. As part of a ruling

triumvirate A triumvirate ( la, triumvirātus) or a triarchy is a political institution ruled or dominated by three individuals, known as triumvirs ( la, triumviri). The arrangement can be formal or informal. Though the three leaders in a triumvirate are ...

, being a placeholder until an election, he was co-president from May 1, 1972 until March 1, 1973.

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