Enrique Bolaños

Enrique José Bolaños Geyer ( pronounced [enˈrike βoˈlaɲos]; 13 May 1928 – 14 June 2021) was a Nicaraguan politician who served as the president of Nicaragua from 10 January 2002 to 10 January 2007.

From 1997 to 2002, Bolaños served as vice president under Arnoldo Alemán. On 4 November 2001 he defeated former president Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista National Liberation Front in the presidential election and was sworn in as president on 10 January 2002. He was a member of the Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC) until he broke with it to help form the Alliance for the Republic (APRE). At the beginning of his term as president, he led an anti-corruption campaign that ultimately convicted Alemán, his predecessor and head of the PLC, to 20 years in prison.