Rosendo Chamorro Oreamuno was Nicaraguan politician who briefly served as

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in 1923. He received a doctorate from the

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. In 1923, he was Minister of the Interior of Nicaragua. When President

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died, Rosendo Chamorro was designated interim president until

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returned to the capital to be sworn in. He held the position of President for fifteen days.

Genealogy

Source: Rosendo Chamorro Oreamuno was born on 8 February 1862 in Granada to a very wealthy and politically influential family. His father, Dionisio Chamorro Alfaro is brother and half brother respectively to the presidents

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and Frutos Chamorro Perez. His grandfather Pedro José Chamorro Argüello was the army general stationed in Granada, Nicaragua. Rosendo is also first cousin to President

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, and uncle to President

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. He is also Granduncle to

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, wife of President

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. Rosendo married Emilia Solorzano Gutierrez from Granada and had five children: * Enrique Chamorro Solórzano married to María Carazo Morales, they had five children * Emilia Chamorro Solórzano married to Rodolfo Vivas de Martini, they had three children * Amalia Chamorro Solórzano married to William Godfrey * Rosendo Chamorro Solórzano married to Agustina Benard Guzman, three children, and one child from Dominga Mercado * Alejandro Chamorro Solórzano married to María Teresa Carazo Morales, they had four children, later married Maria Isabel Cuadra Cardenal and had ten children.

References

* ''Genealogia Familia Chamorro'', por El Dr.

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Rosendo Chamorro Rosendo Chamorro Oreamuno was Nicaraguan politician who briefly served as President of Nicaragua, President in 1923. He received a doctorate from the University of Paris. In 1923, he was Minister of the Interior of Nicaragua. When President Di ...

Interior ministers of Nicaragua University of Paris alumni Year of death missing Nicaraguan expatriates in France {{Nicaragua-politician-stub 1862 births