Laureano Pineda

José Laureano Pineda Ugarte
Supreme Director of Nicaragua
In office
11 November 1851 – 1 April 1853
LeaderJosé Trinidad Muñoz
Preceded byFulgencio Vega
Succeeded byFruto Chamorro
In office
4 August 1851 – 2 November 1851
Preceded byJusto Abaunza
Succeeded byFulgencio Vega
In office
5 May 1851 – 4 August 1851
Preceded byJusto Abaunza
Succeeded byJusto Abaunza
Personal details
Born4 July 1802
Potosí, Rivas, Captaincy General of Guatemala
Died17 September 1853(1853-09-17) (aged 51)
Managua, State of Nicaragua
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseDolores Sacasa Méndez
Parent(s)Pedro Benito Pineda
Juana Rufina Ugarte Selva
OccupationPolitician, lawyer

José Laureano Pineda Ugarte (4 July 1802 – 17 September 1853) was a Nicaraguan lawyer and politician who, as a Senator in the Legislative Assembly and member of the Democratic Party, was appointed to serve as 7th and later 8th Supreme Director of the State of Nicaragua on three occasions. originally elected on 1 April 1851, later in dissidence in Honduras after being removed from office as a result of a military coup led by José Trinidad Muñoz, and finally alongside Fulgencio Vega from 11 November the same year.[1]

  1. ^ Fröbel, Julius (1859). Seven Years' Travel in Central America, Northern Mexico, and the Far West of the United States. R. Bentley. p. 114.