Rosario Murillo

Rosario Murillo
Murillo in 2024
Co-president of Nicaragua
Assumed office
30 January 2025
Serving with Daniel Ortega
Preceded byDaniel Ortega
Vice President of Nicaragua
In office
10 January 2017 – 30 January 2025
PresidentDaniel Ortega
Preceded byOmar Halleslevens
First Lady of Nicaragua
In role
10 January 2007 – 30 January 2025
PresidentDaniel Ortega
Preceded byLila T. Abaunza
In role
10 January 1985 – 25 April 1990
PresidentDaniel Ortega
Preceded byHope Portocarrero (1979)
Succeeded byCristiana Chamorro Barrios
Member of the National Assembly of Nicaragua
In office
4 November 1984 – 25 February 1990
Personal details
Born
Rosario María Murillo Zambrana

(1951-06-22) 22 June 1951
Managua, Nicaragua
Political partyFSLN
Spouse(s)
Jorge Narváez
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(m. 1967; died 1968)​
Moisés Hassan
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(m. 1968; div. 1972)​
Carlos Vicente Ibarra
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(m. 1973; div. 1977)​
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(m. 1979)​
Children2 with Jorge Narváez
1 with Moisés Hassan
7 with Daniel Ortega
ParentsTeódulo Murillo Molina
Zoilamérica Zambrana Sandino
RelativesAugusto César Sandino (great uncle)
Xiomara Blandino (daughter-in-law)

Rosario María Murillo Zambrana (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈsaɾjo muˈɾiʝo]; born 22 June 1951) is a Nicaraguan politician. She is the co-president and first lady of Nicaragua. She is married to the current president Daniel Ortega.[1][2] She became vice president of Nicaragua on 10 January 2017.[3][4]

In November 2024, Murillo was declared copresident alongside her husband after a constitutional change.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Iran and Nicaragua in barter deal". BBC News. 5 August 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
  2. ↑ "Nicaragua-Venezuela Talk Cooperation". Prensa Latina. Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2008. ... informed Government minister and first lady, Rosario Murillo.
  3. ↑ "Morning Star :: Nicaragua: Sandinista Ortega sworn in for fourth term as president | the People's Daily". Archived from the original on 2017-01-15. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  4. ↑ Goldman, Francisco (29 March 1987). "Poetry and Power in Nicaragua". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
  5. ↑ "Nicaragua's Ortega proposes reform to make him and his wife 'copresidents'". Associated Press. 21 November 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "Nicaragua OKs reform to boost powers of president, wife". France 24. 23 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.