Military Wiki
Advertisement
Commander-in-Chief of the Army
Comandante en Jefe del Ejército de Nicaragua
Incumbent
Julio César Avilés Castillo
since 21 February 2010
Nicaraguan Armed Forces
Reports to Minister of Defence
Precursor Chief Director of the National Guard
Formation July 1979
First holder Humberto Ortega
Official website

The Commander-in-Chief of the Army (Spanish language: Comandante en Jefe del Ejército de Nicaragua ) is the professional head of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Nicaragua. On 20 April 1823 José Anacleto Ordóñez would declare Nicaragua's independence in Granada and appointed himself General en Jefe del Ejército, Protector y Libertador de Granada, essentially establishing military absolutism in the state, with himself as the de facto military leader until he was deposed on 19 January 1825.[1]

This military absolutism would be brought back after the assassination of Head of State José Zepeda on 25 January 1837, during the presidency of José Núñez, who appointed Bernardo Méndez de Figueroa as "General Commander of Arms".[2]

List of officeholders[]

Protector and Liberator of Granada[]

General Commander of Arms Took office Left office Time in office Ref
1
José Anacleto Ordóñez
Ordóñez, CletoGeneral José Anacleto Ordóñez
(1778–1839)
20 April 182319 January 18251 year, 8 months[3]

General Commander of Arms[]

General Commander of Arms Took office Left office Time in office Ref
1Méndez, BernardoColonel Bernardo Méndez de Figueroa
(1782–unknown)
183718391–2 years[2]
2Fonseca, CastoGrand Marshal Casto Fonseca
(1800–24 January 1845)
183918455–6 years[4]
3
José Trinidad Muñoz
Munoz Fernandez, Jose TrinidadGeneral José Trinidad Muñoz
(1790–18 August 1855)
184518559–10 years[5]

Commander-in-Chief[]

Commander-in-Chief Took office Left office Time in office Ref
1
Humberto Ortega
Ortega, HumbertoArmy general Humberto Ortega
(born 1947)
July 197921 February 199515 years, 7 months[6]
2
Joaquín Cuadra
Cuadra, JoaquínArmy general Joaquín Cuadra21 February 199521 February 20005 years[6]
3McDonough, JavierArmy general Javier Carrión McDonough21 February 200021 February 20055 years[6]
4
Moises Omar Halleslevens Acevedo
Acevedo, MoisesArmy general Moises Omar Halleslevens Acevedo
(born 1949)
21 February 200521 February 20105 years[6][7]
5Castillo, JulioArmy general Julio Avilés Castillo21 February 2010Incumbent14 years, 8 months[6]

References[]


All or a portion of this article consists of text from Wikipedia, and is therefore Creative Commons Licensed under GFDL.
The original article can be found at Commander-in-Chief of the Army (Nicaragua) and the edit history here.
Advertisement