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Key facts
- Vice president
- Enrique Bolaños, (1997–2000), Leopoldo Navarro , (2000–2002)
- Preceded by
- Violeta Chamorro
- Succeeded by
- Enrique Bolaños
- Born
- José Arnoldo Alemán Lacayo , ( 1946-01-23 ) 23 January 1946 (age 80) , Managua , Nicaragua
- Party
- Constitutionalist Liberal Party (until 2021)
- Spouse
- María Fernanda Flores Lanzas
- Alma mater
- National Autonomous University of Nicaragua
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Nicaragua
- Place of birth
- Managua
- Occupation
- lawyer
- Educated at
- National Autonomous University of Nicaragua
- Political party
- Constitutionalist Liberal Party
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Native language
- Spanish
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Image
- Arnoldo Alemán.JPG
- Convicted of
- corruption
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- date of birth
- 1946-01-23
- name in native language
- José Arnoldo Alemán Lacayo
- nickname
- El Gordo
- Commons category
- Arnoldo Alemán
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Encyclopedic overview
José Arnoldo Alemán Lacayo (born 23 January 1946) is a Nicaraguan politician who served as the president of Nicaragua from 10 January 1997 to 10 January 2002. His tenure as president was marked by corruption and attempts to centralize power.
In 2003, he was convicted of corruption and sentenced to a 20-year prison term; the conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court of Nicaragua in 2009.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arnoldo Alemán” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.