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Fernando Bernabé Agüero Rocha (June 11, 1917 in
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– September 27, 2011) was a
Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean Sea, Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to ...
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 (PC), the Social Christian Party (PSC) and the Independent Liberal Party (PLI) t ...
(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 Kupia, or Balmiki, is an Indo-Aryan language related to Odia and spoken by Valmiki people in the Indian state of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. The Valmiki are a tribal group, concentrated in the districts of Koraput of Odisha and Visakhapatnam of ...
pact with
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 ...
. 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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1917 births 2011 deaths People from Managua Social Conservative Party politicians Nicaraguan anti-communists {{Nicaragua-politician-stub