Commander-in-Chief of the Army | |
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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 |
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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 | |
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1 | José Anacleto Ordóñez (1778–1839) | General 20 April 1823 | 19 January 1825 | 1 year, 8 months | [3] |
General Commander of Arms[]
№ | General Commander of Arms | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref | |
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1 | Bernardo Méndez de Figueroa (1782–unknown) | Colonel 1837 | 1839 | 1–2 years | [2] | |
2 | Casto Fonseca (1800–24 January 1845) | Grand Marshal 1839 | 1845 | 5–6 years | [4] | |
3 | José Trinidad Muñoz (1790–18 August 1855) | General 1845 | 1855 | 9–10 years | [5] |
Commander-in-Chief[]
№ | Commander-in-Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref | |
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1 | Humberto Ortega (born 1947) | Army general July 1979 | 21 February 1995 | 15 years, 7 months | [6] | |
2 | Joaquín Cuadra | Army general21 February 1995 | 21 February 2000 | 5 years | [6] | |
3 | Javier Carrión McDonough | Army general21 February 2000 | 21 February 2005 | 5 years | [6] | |
4 | Moises Omar Halleslevens Acevedo (born 1949) | Army general 21 February 2005 | 21 February 2010 | 5 years | [6][7] | |
5 | Julio Avilés Castillo | Army general21 February 2010 | Incumbent | 14 years, 8 months | [6] |
References[]
- ↑ Bolaños Geyer, Enrique (2018). "La Independencia de Nicaragua" (in es). Enrique Bolaños Biblioteca. https://www.enriquebolanos.org/articulo/La_Independencia_de_Nicaragua.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "UCSD Libraries: 1811-1856". 2008-05-26. http://www.ucsd.edu/portal/site/Libraries/menuitem.346352c02aac0c82b9ba4310d34b01ca/?vgnextoid=41ca3c1f26824110VgnVCM10000045b410acRCRD.
- ↑ "Cleto Ordóñez: Primer Caudillo Popular de Nicaragua" (in es). El Nuevo Diario. 8 August 2009. https://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/especiales/54235-cleto-ordonez-primer-caudillo-popular-nicaragua/.
- ↑ Chiozza, Giacomo; Goemans, H. E. (2011-08-18) (in en). Leaders and International Conflict. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-50166-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=1Ykg0jk6HHEC&dq=casto+fonseca&pg=PA127.
- ↑ Hubert Howe Bancroft History of Central America. Vol. III. 1801-1887, The History Company, Publishers San Francisco, 1887
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Comandantes en Jefe del Ejército 1979 - 2010" (in es). Ejército de Nicaragua. https://www.ejercito.mil.ni/contenido/ejercito/historia/historia-jefes.html.
- ↑ "LA PRENSA". Embajada de la República de Corea en Nicaragua. 22 January 2010. http://overseas.mofa.go.kr/ni-es/brd/m_5764/view.do?seq=640126&srchFr=&srchTo=&srchWord=&srchTp=&multi_itm_seq=0&itm_seq_1=0&itm_seq_2=0&company_cd=&company_nm=&page=30.
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