Arnoldo Alemán
| José Arnoldo Alemán Lacayo | |
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| President of Nicaragua | |
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In office 10 January 1997 – 10 January 2002 |
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| Vice President |
Enrique Bolaños Geyer, Leopoldo Navarro Bermúdez |
| Preceded by | Violeta Barrios de Chamorro |
| Succeeded by | Enrique Bolaños |
| Deputy to the National Assembly of Nicaragua | |
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In office 9 January 2002 – September 2002 |
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| Mayor of Managua | |
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In office 26 April 1990 – 20 September 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Carlos Carrión Cruz |
| Succeeded by | Roberto Cedeño |
| Personal details | |
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23 January 1946 Managua, Nicaragua |
| Nationality | Nicaraguan |
| Political party | Constitutionalist Liberal Party |
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Presidential styles of Arnoldo Alemán |
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| Reference style | El Honorable Arnoldo Alemán, Presidente de la República de Nicaragua The Honorable Arnoldo Aleman, President of the Republic of Nicaragua |
| Spoken style | Presidente Alemán President Aleman |
| Alternative style | Señor Presidente Mister President |
José Arnoldo Alemán Lacayo (born 23 January 1946) was the 81st President of Nicaragua from 10 January 1997 to 10 January 2002.
Alemán was born in Managua and received his early education at the La Salle institute in Managua. His father was a prominent lawyer who was an associate of the 1970s Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle and served as Somoza's minister of education for a period, and the family owned a large coffee plantation south of Managua.
In 1967 he graduated with a law degree from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua-León with specializations in regional economic integration and financial law. Between 1968 and 1979, he worked as a lawyer in the commercial and banking world. He became an official in the government of Anastasio Somoza Debayle. In 1980 he was arrested by the Sandinista junta, had some of his property seized and spent nine months in prison. The period of his arrest coincided with the death of his father. This kept him from attending his father's funeral. After he was released from prison, he spent some time in the United States.
Upon his return to Nicaragua, Alemán became heavily involved in business, political, and academic activities. He was a member of the Consejo Superior de la Empresa Privada (COSEP, 1988–1990), vice-president of the Unión de Productores Agropecuarios de Nicaragua (UPANIC, 1986–1990). He was president of the Asociación de Cafetaleros de Managua (1983–1990); the Unión de Cafetaleros de Nicaragua (UNCAFENIC, 1986–1990); the Federación de Municipios de América Central (1992–1993) and of the Federación Municipal de Ciudades de Centroamérica (1993–1995). He also imparted conferences at Tulane University and at Florida International University in the United States.
In the early 1990s he became Mayor of Managua after serving for two months as a councillor in Managua. He was popular due to his urban renewal projects which helped spruce up the city, severely damaged and never rebuilt after a 1972 earthquake. He became known as "El Gordo" ("The Fat Man").
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