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niCaragua**

H.E. Roberto Rivas Reyes,
President, CSE

PArt i PArt ii

CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Country Name LEGISLATURE
Nicaragua
1. Structure of National Legislature
2. Official Name Unicameral
The Republic of Nicaragua
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Government National Assembly
Presidential Republic
3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
4. Head of the Government nominated
President – Daniel Ortega Through closed list proportional representation
system, 90 members are elected while remaining
5. Head of the State 2 seats are reserved for the former president
President – Daniel Ortega and the runner-up candidate in the previous

6. Capital presidential election in the Assemblea Nacional
Managua (National Assembly).
4. Popular House
7. Currency
NIO - Nicaraguan Cordoba Assemblea Nacional
5. Type of Electoral System
8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population)
mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 69%, white FPTP
17%, black 9%, Amerindian 5% PArt iii

9. Date of Independence and from which Country ELECtorAL sYstEM
15 September 1821 (from Spain)

10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution (A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
19 November 1986
1. Name of the EMB(S)
11. Language (s) Consejo Supremo Electoral (CSE) (Supreme
Spanish (official) 95.3%, Miskito 2.2%, Mestizo of Electoral Tribunal)
the Caribbean coast 2%, other 0.5% (2005 est.)
2. Website Address
12. Literacy Levels http://www.cse.gob.ni/
82.5 %

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