Enrique Bolaños

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Enrique Bolaños
Enrique Bolaños during a visit of United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to Managua in 2004
President of Nicaragua
In office
January 10, 2002 – January 10, 2007
Vice PresidentJosé Rizo Castellón,
Alfredo Gómez Urcuyo
Preceded byArnoldo Alemán
Succeeded byDaniel Ortega
Vice President of Nicaragua
In office
January 10, 1997 – October 24, 2000
PresidentJosé Arnoldo Alemán Lacayo
Preceded byJulia Mena
Succeeded byLeopoldo Navarro
Personal details
Born(1928-05-13)13 May 1928
Masaya, Nicaragua
Died14 June 2021(2021-06-14) (aged 93)
Nindirí, Nicaragua
Political partyAlliance for the Republic
Spouse(s)Lila Abaunza (deceased)[1]
Children5
Alma materSaint Louis University

Enrique José Bolaños Geyer (13 May 1928 – 14 June 2021) was a Nicaraguan politician. He was the President of Nicaragua from 10 January 2002 to 10 January 2007.

Bolaños died in Nindirí, Nicaragua on 14 June 2021, just one month after his 93rd birthday.[2]

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  1. "Lila Abaunza, former Nicaraguan first lady, dies at 79". Associated Press. International Herald Tribune. 2008-07-19. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  2. Maldonado, Carlos Salinas (15 June 2021). "Muere el expresidente de Nicaragua Enrique Bolaños Geyer, abanderado anticorrupción". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

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