Eduardo Montealegre
| Eduardo Montealegre Rivas | |
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| Deputy to the National Assembly of Nicaragua | |
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Assumed office 9 January 2012 |
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In office 9 January 2007 – 8 January 2012 |
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| Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Nicaragua | |
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In office 2002–2003 |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua | |
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In office 1999–2000 |
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| Minister to the presidency of Nicaragua | |
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In office 1998–1999 |
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| Personal details | |
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9 May 1955 Managua, Managua, Nicaragua |
| Political party | Independent Liberal Party (PLI) |
| Spouse(s) | Eliza McGregor Raskosky |
Eduardo Montealegre Rivas (born May 9, 1955) is a Nicaraguan politician. He ran for president in the 2006 general election as the candidate of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN-PC) a spin-off of the Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC) in alliance with other liberal parties and the Conservative Party. He finished in second place after Daniel Ortega, receiving 28.3% of the vote.
Montealegre was born in Nicaragua's capital Managua, from a wealthy and prominent family in the banking sector. He received an Sc. B in Economics from Brown University in 1976 and an MBA with a focus in finance and strategic planning from Harvard University in 1980. He later became a businessman in Nicaragua.
Montealegre served as minister to the presidency in 1998 under Arnoldo Alemán. He also served as foreign minister from 1999 to 2000 in the government of Arnoldo Alemán and as finance minister from 2002 to 2003 in the government of the next President Enrique Bolaños. Subsequently, he served as minister to the presidency of Enrique Bolaños. He announced his split from the PLC in protest of the control of the party by former President Alemán, who was imprisoned for misappropriation of funds. Montealegre objects to an alliance, referred to in the popular media as "El Pacto", between Arnoldo Alemán and Daniel Ortega, who ran as the candidate of the FSLN in 2006 for the fourth consecutive time since his 1985-1990 presidency, this time successfully. Because of Montealegre's stand against corruption, Arnoldo Alemán, and Daniel Ortega's Sandinista National Liberation Front, the U.S. ambassador in Managua openly endorsed his candidacy.
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