Mayor of Managua explained

Post:	Mayor
Body:	Managua
Insignia:	Coat of Arms of Managua.svg
Insigniacaption:	Seal of Managua
Flag:	Bandera de Managua.svg
Flagcaption:	Flag of Managua
Incumbent:	Reyna Rueda
Incumbentsince:	January 4, 2018
Termlength:	Four years
Formation:	1818
Inaugural:	Juan Rovira

The mayor of Managua is chief executive of the capital city of Nicaragua, with almost two million residents as of 2018. The mayor is chosen in the quadriennal Nicaraguan general elections.^[1] The incumbent is Reyna Rueda of the FSLN.

The city's other officials include the deputy mayor and the city council.

List of mayors

• 1953-1956: Julio C. Quintana Villanueva^[2]
• 1954-1961: Gustavo Raskosky
• 1961-1963: Guillermo Lang
• 1963-1968: Humberto Ramírez Estrada
• 1968-1970: Arturo Cruz Porras
• 1970-1976 Luis Valle Olivares
• 1976-1979: Orlando Montenegro Medrano
• 1979-1980: Paul Atha Ramírez
• 1980-1985: Samuel Santos López – held office during the Junta of National Reconstruction; official title was "Minister of Reconstruction for Managua"^[3]
• 1985-1988: Moisés Hassan^[4]
• 1988-1990 : Carlos Carrión Cruz^{[5] [6]} – previously in charge of FSLN political operations in Managua, Carrión became Mayor when Hassan quit the FSLN
• 1990-1995: Arnoldo Alemán – first mayor after FSLN defeat in 1990, elected with 52% of vote^[7]
• 1995-1996: Roberto Cedeño Borgen
• 1996-1997: Mirima Fonseca López
• 1997-2001: Roberto Cedeño Borgen
• 2001-2005: Herty Lewites^[8]
• 2005-2007: ^[9]
• 2009-2009: Alexis Argüello – died in office^[10]
• 2009-2018: Daysi Torres
• 2018–present: Reyna Rueda – elected on November 5, 2017 with 87.64% of the vote^[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: January 16, 2018. La sandinista Reyna Rueda asume como alcaldesa de Managua por un período de cuatro años. 2020-12-17. EFE. es.
2. Web site: ALCALDES DE MANAGUA . https://web.archive.org/web/20200726111237/http://www.manfut.org/managua/1950.html . 2020-07-26 .
3. News: Goodwin. Michael. 1983-10-19. KOCH AND MANAGUA'S MAYOR HAVE A DEBATE. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-12-26. 0362-4331.
4. Web site: Inventory of the Moisés Hassan M. papers. 2020-12-17. oac.cdlib.org. 2020-08-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20200805202329/https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt9c6036gq/entire_text/. live.
5. News: Christian. Shirley. 1992-05-16. Managua Journal; Mayor Cleans Up City, but Some Don't Like Him. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-12-26. 0362-4331.
6. News: Kinzer. Stephen. 1988-05-08. In Managua, Not Exactly Last Hurrah. en-US. The New York Times. live. 2020-12-29. 0362-4331. 2016-07-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20160728151152/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/08/world/in-managua-not-exactly-last-hurrah.html.
7. Web site: Bourdreaux. Richard. Managua's mayor in lonely battle against Sandinistas. 2020-12-29. Tampa Bay Times. en.
8. News: Kinzer. Stephen. 2006-07-04. Herty Lewites, 66, Ex-Sandinista, Dies. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-12-17. 0362-4331.
9. News: Q&A: Nicaragua Is Not Likely to Meet the MDGs . 30 December 2020 . Inter Press Service . 22 June 2007.
10. Web site: 2009-07-02. Alexis Arguello dies at 57; winner of three world boxing titles. 2020-12-17. Los Angeles Times. en-US.
11. Web site: November 7, 2017. 4 Die in Nicaragua violence after Sandinista victory in municipal elections. 2020-12-18. EFE. en.