November 10,2016

Vol. 1

Government system of
Nicaragua

Background

~Nicaragua is a country
located in Central America
with constitutional
democracy with an executive,
legislative, judicial, and
electoral branch of
government. Nicaragua also
elects a president, which is
both head of state and head

The President

~The position of president of

Nicaragua was created in the
constitution of 1854.
~Daniel Ortega was elected
Nicaraguas president in 2007. In
recent news, the people of Nicaragua
have decided to change their
constitution to allow Ortega to run his

The Vice President

~The vice president is the
second highest political
position in Nicaragua. In the
current constitution, the vice
~The legislative
is vested
president
is elected onpower
the
same ticket and the same
in both Government and the
time as the president.
~ Omar
Halleslevens
is the
National
Assembly.
current vice president of
~Judiciary is independent of the
Nicaragua, currently serving
his executive
third term. and the legislature.

Departments

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~Nicaragua
is a unitary republic and is

divided for administrative purposes. It

consists of 15 departments and 2
autonomous regions.