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Daniel Ortega

1945 - Today

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José Daniel Ortega Saavedra (Spanish pronunciation: [daˈnjel oɾˈteɣa]; born 11 November 1945) is a Nicaraguan politician and the 58th president of Nicaragua since 10 January 2007. Previously, he was leader of Nicaragua from 18 July 1979 to 25 April 1990, first as Coordinator of the Junta of National Reconstruction from 19 July 1979 to 10 January 1985, and then as the 54th president from 10 January 1985 to 25 April 1990. During his first term, he implemented policies to achieve leftist reforms across Nicaragua. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Ortega has received more than 3,692,451 page views. His biography is available in 87 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 84 in 2019). Daniel Ortega is the 741st most popular politician (down from 647th in 2019), the most popular biography from Nicaragua and the most popular Nicaraguan Politician.

Daniel Ortega is most famous for being the president of Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990 and from 2006 to the present. He was also the leader of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) from 1979 to 1990.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Daniel Ortega ranks 741 out of 19,576. Before him are Václav Klaus, Mustafa IV, Antiochus III the Great, Gratian, Robert II of France, and Wilhelm, German Crown Prince. After him are Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Börte, John Quincy Adams, Jérôme Bonaparte, Sun Quan, and Napoléon Louis Bonaparte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Daniel Ortega ranks 15. Before him are Aung San Suu Kyi, Wim Wenders, Radovan Karadžić, Tom Selleck, Eric Clapton, and Helen Mirren. After him are Jupp Heynckes, Priscilla Presley, Ehud Olmert, Pete Townshend, Eddy Merckx, and Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi.

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In Nicaragua

Among people born in Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega ranks 1 out of 34. After him are Augusto César Sandino (1895), Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925), Anastasio Somoza García (1896), Violeta Chamorro (1929), Rubén Darío (1867), Ernesto Cardenal (1925), Barbara Carrera (1945), Enrique Bolaños (1928), Luis Somoza Debayle (1922), Bianca Jagger (1945), and Arnoldo Alemán (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nicaragua

Among politicians born in Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega ranks 1. After him are Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925), Anastasio Somoza García (1896), Violeta Chamorro (1929), Ernesto Cardenal (1925), Enrique Bolaños (1928), Luis Somoza Debayle (1922), Arnoldo Alemán (1946), Juan Bautista Sacasa (1874), Edén Pastora (1936), José Santos Zelaya (1853), and Emiliano Chamorro Vargas (1871).

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