Rosendo Chamorro

Rosendo Chamorro Oreamuno was briefly President of Nicaragua in 1923. He received a doctorate from the University of Paris.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Chamorro and the second or maternal family name is Oreamuno.

Rosendo Chamorro
President of Nicaragua
Acting
In office 12 October 1923 – 27 October 1923
Preceded by	Diego Manuel Chamorro
Succeeded by	Bartolomé Martínez
Personal details
Born	Rosendo Chamorro Oreamuno 8 February 1862 Granada, Nicaragua
Died	Unknown
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Emilia Solorzano Gutierrez
Children	5
Alma mater	University of Paris

In 1923, he was Minister of the Interior of Nicaragua. When President Diego Manuel Chamorro died, Rosendo Chamorro was designated interim president until Vice President Bartolomé Martínez returned to the capital to be sworn in.^[1] He held the position of President for fifteen days.

Genealogy[2]

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 Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro and Frutos Chamorro Perez. His grandfather Pedro José Chamorro Argüello was the army general stationed in Granada, Nicaragua.

Rosendo is also first cousin^[3] to President Diego Manuel Chamorro Bolaños, and uncle to President Emiliano Chamorro Vargas. He is also Granduncle to Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, wife of President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro.

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. Emilio Alvarez Lejarza (1951), Talleres Tipograficos y Litograficos de la Editorial Catolica, S. A. Managua, Nic.-C. A.

1. "Vice Presidencia de la República". 2 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
2. "Chamorro". Academia de Genealogía de la Diaspora Nicaragüense. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
3. "Chamorro". Academia de Genealogía de la Diaspora Nicaragüense. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

Political offices
Preceded by Diego Manuel Chamorro	President of Nicaragua 1923	Succeeded by Bartolomé Martínez