Eduardo Montealegre

Eduardo Montealegre Rivas
Eduardo Montealegre Rivas
	Eduardo Montealegre in 2014
Deputy to the National Assembly of Nicaragua
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 9 January 2012
	In office; 9 January 2007 – 8 January 2012
Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Nicaragua
	In office; 2002–2003
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua
	In office; 1999–2000
Minister to the presidency of Nicaragua
	In office; 1998–1999
Personal details
Born	9 May 1955 (age 68); Managua, Managua, Nicaragua
Political party	Independent Liberal Party (PLI)
Spouse	Eliza McGregor Raskosky

Eduardo Montealegre Rivas (born 9 May 1955) is a Nicaraguan politician. He ran for president in the

Conservative Party. He finished in second place after Daniel Ortega

, receiving 28.3% of the vote.

Early life

Montealegre was born in Nicaragua's capital Managua, from a wealthy and prominent family in the banking sector, the direct descendant of Mariano Montealegre y Romero, the founder of the city of Chinandega. He received an Sc. B in Economics from Brown University in 1976 and an MBA with a focus in finance and strategic planning from Harvard University in 1980.^[2] He later became a businessman in Nicaragua.

Political career

Montealegre served as minister to the presidency in 1998 under

FSLN in 2006 for the fourth consecutive time since his 1985–1990 presidency, this time successfully.^[3]

Because of Montealegre's stand against corruption of Arnoldo Alemán's PLC, and Daniel Ortega's Sandinista National Liberation Front, the U.S. ambassador in Managua openly endorsed his candidacy.

In 2006, a commission of Nicaragua's

US$400 million in bonds in favor of banks that acquired several failed banks. Montealegre dismisses the charges, stating that he was no longer employed by the government when the bonds were emitted. In 2008, one of the members of the commission said the conclusions had been politically motivated and some of the facts invented under instructions from former President Arnoldo Alemán (1997–2002). In 2011, the charges have prescribed.^[4]

Montealegre was granted a seat in the Nicaraguan congress after the 2006 general elections, since a seat in Congress is guaranteed to the candidate who comes in second in presidential elections.

After losing control of the leadership of the ALN, Montealegre agreed to run for mayor of Managua in the November 2008 municipal elections as candidate of the alliance led by his former party, the PLC still ruled by Arnoldo Aleman. Montealegre lost the election to

Sandinista government's reluctance to invite any observers. The supposed fraud of the municipal elections resulted in several days of protest mostly in but not limited to Managua

.

Election history

National Convention of the Constitutionalist Liberal Party (PLC) presidential primaries, 28 January 2001

Source:[5]

Enrique Bolaños Geyer
– 220 (54.6%)
Eduardo Montealegre – 143 (35.5%)
Iván Escobar Fornos – 38 (9.4%)
Null – 2 (0.5%)

Presidential election results, 5 November 2006

Candidate	Party/Alliance	Votes	%
Daniel Ortega	Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN)	930,862	38.00%
Eduardo Montealegre	Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN)	693,391	28.30%
José Rizo Castellón	Constitutionalist Liberal Party (PLC)	664,225	27.11%
Edmundo Jarquín	Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS)	154,224	06.30%
Edén Pastora Gómez	Alternative for Change (AC)	7,200	0.29%
Total valid votes		2,449,902	100%

Elections for Mayor of Managua 2008, 9 November 2008

Candidate	Party/Alliance	Votes	%
Alexis Arguello	Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN)	223,389	51.32%
Eduardo Montealegre	Constitutionalist Liberal Party (PLC)	202,752	46.58%
Others	3 Political Parties	9,104	02.09%
Total valid votes		100%	435,245

Summary of the 6 November 2011 Nicaraguan National Assembly election results


Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Sandinista National Liberation Front (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional)	1,583,199	60.85	63*
Independent Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Independiente)	822,023	31.59	27*
Constitutionalist Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Constitucionalista)	167,639	6.44	2
Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (Alianza Liberal Nicaragüense )	19,658	0.76	—
Alliance for the Republic (Alianza por la República)	9,317	0.36	—
Total votes	2,601,836	100.00	92
Source: CSE * The runner-up in the presidential election ( Omar Halleslevens , will take up his seat. (AFP)

References

^ "VAMOS CON EDUARDO – Alianza Liberal Nicaragüense". Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 17 September 2006.
^ http://www.vamosconeduardo.org/biografia.html^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Nicaragua's Leading Loser – washingtonpost.com
^ Montealegre se justifica: "Cuando los Cenis, yo no estaba en el Gobierno" Archived 26 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine EFE El Nuevo Diario Agosto 2006 SPANISH
^ "Auge y caida del PLC - Presentación".

[1] "VAMOS CON EDUARDO – Alianza Liberal Nicaragüense". Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 17 September 2006.

[2] ttp://www.vamosconeduardo.org/biografia.html^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] Nicaragua's Leading Loser – washingtonpost.com

[4] Montealegre se justifica: "Cuando los Cenis, yo no estaba en el Gobierno" Archived 26 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine EFE El Nuevo Diario Agosto 2006 SPANISH

[5] "Auge y caida del PLC - Presentación".

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