The mayor of Managua is chief executive of the capital city of Nicaragua, with almost two million residents as of 2018. The mayor is chosen in the quadriennal Nicaraguan general elections. The incumbent is Reyna Rueda of the FSLN.
The city's other officials include the deputy mayor and the city council.
List of mayors 1940-1941: Hernán Robleto Avilez 1941-1944: José Santos Zelaya Cousin 1944-1945: Carlos G. Zelaya Cousin 1945-1948: General Andrés Murillo Rivas 1948-1950: José Frixione Avilez 1950-1953: General Andres Murillo Rivas 1953-1954: Julio C. Quintana Villanueva 1954-1961: Gustavo Raskosky 1961-1963: Guillermo Lang 1963-1968: Humberto Ramírez Estrada 1968-1970: 1970-1976 Luis Valle Olivares 1976-1979: Orlando Montenegro Medrano 1979-1980: Paul Atha Ramírez 1980-1986: Samuel Santos López – held office during the Junta of National Reconstruction; official title was "Minister of Reconstruction for Managua" 1986-1989: Moisés Hassan 1989-1990 : Carlos Carrión Cruz – previously in charge of FSLN political operations in Managua, Carrión became Mayor when Hassan quit the FSLN 1990-1995: Arnoldo Alemán – first mayor after FSLN defeat in 1990, elected with 52% of vote 1995-1996: Roberto Cedeño Borgen 1996-1997: Miriam Fonseca López 1997-2001: Roberto Cedeño Borgen 2001-2005: Herty Lewites 2005-2007: 2009-2009: Alexis Argüello – died in office 2009-2018: Daysi Torres 2018–present: Reyna Rueda – elected on November 5, 2017 with 87.64% of the vote
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