Irís Montenegro | |
Term Start: | September 2016 |
Term End: | 9 January 2017 |
Birth Date: | 1950 8, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Estelí, Nicaragua |
Party: | Sandinista National Liberation Front |
Irís Marina Montenegro Blandón (born 16 August 1950[1]) is a Nicaraguan politician for Sandinista National Liberation Front.[2]
She was born in the city of Estelí. She studied nursing at a polytechnic university in Guatemala and at the University of Rome. She studied also municipal management and business administration. As a politician, she was a councilor at the Mayor of Managua's office (1996-2000) and as president of the Nicaraguan Nursing Association (1983-1985). She is a deputy in the National Assembly of Nicaragua (since 2002),[3] and Vice President of the National Assembly 2012–2016. She became President for a period from September 2016 to January 2017 following the death of René Núñez Téllez.[4]