Rosario Murillo

Rosario María Murillo Zambrana is a Nicaraguan politician and poet who has been Co-president of Nicaragua alongside her husband, Daniel Ortega, since February 2025. Before this, she served as Vice-President of Nicaragua, the country’s second-highest office, from 2017 to 2025, as First Lady of Nicaragua from 2007 to 2025 and from 1985 to 1990, she had been the wife of President Ortega. Some commentators, including the journalist Nahal Toosi and Nicaraguan opposition members, consider her and her husband as dictators over an authoritarian regime.