Rosario Murillo

Rosario Murillo
Murillo in 2017
Vice President of Nicaragua
Assumed office
10 January 2017
PresidentDaniel Ortega
Preceded byOmar Halleslevens
First Lady of Nicaragua
Current
Assumed role
10 January 2007
PresidentDaniel Ortega
Preceded byLila T. Abaunza
In role
10 January 1985 – 25 April 1990
PresidentDaniel Ortega
Preceded byHope Portocarrero (1979)
Succeeded byCristiana Chamorro Barrios
Member of the National Assembly of Nicaragua
In office
4 November 1984 – 25 February 1990
Personal details
Born
Rosario María Murillo Zambrana

(1951-06-22) 22 June 1951 (age 73)
Managua, Nicaragua
Political partyFSLN
Spouses
Jorge Narváez Parajón
(m. 1967; died 1968)
(m. 1968⁠–⁠1972)
Carlos Vicente "Quincho" Ibarra
(m. 1973⁠–⁠1977)
(m. 1979)
Children10, 7 with Daniel Ortega, 2 with Jorge Narváez and 1 with Moisés Hassan
Parent(s)Teódulo Murillo Molina
Zoilamérica Zambrana Sandino
RelativesAugusto César Sandino (great uncle)
Xiomara Blandino (daughter-in-law)

Rosario María Murillo Zambrana (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈsaɾjo muˈɾiʝo]; born 22 June 1951) is a Nicaraguan politician and poet who is the Vice President of Nicaragua, the country's second highest office, since January 2017 and First Lady of Nicaragua since 2007 and from 1985 to 1990 as the wife of President Daniel Ortega. Murillo has served as the Nicaraguan government's lead spokesperson,[1] government minister,[2] head of the Sandinista Association of Cultural Workers, and Communications Coordinator of the Council on Communication and Citizenry. She was sworn in as vice president of Nicaragua on 10 January 2017.[3][4] In August 2021, she was personally sanctioned by the European Union, over alleged human rights violations.[5]

  1. ^ "Iran and Nicaragua in barter deal". BBC News. 5 August 2007. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
  2. ^ "Nicaragua-Venezuela Talk Cooperation". Prensa Latina. Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2008. ... informed Government minister and first lady, Rosario Murillo.
  3. ^ "Morning Star :: Nicaragua: Sandinista Ortega sworn in for fourth term as president | The People's Daily". www.morningstaronline.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 January 2017.
  4. ^ Goldman, Francisco (29 March 1987). "Poetry and Power in Nicaragua". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
  5. ^ "EU sanctions Nicaragua's first lady and vice-president over human rights violations". Guardian. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.