Government of Nicaragua Totally Explained

Everything about Government Of Nicaragua totally explained

Nicaragua is a constitutional democracy with executive, legislative, judicial, and electoral branches of government. The President of Nicaragua is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in the National Assembly. The judiciary and electoral powers are independent of the executive and the legislature. The magistrates of both the Supreme Court (CSJ) and the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) are appointed by the President and ratified by the National Assembly.

Executive branch

The current composition of the Executive Branch includes President José Daniel Ortega Saavedra and the Vice-President Jaime Morales Carazo. The cabinet ministers and the directors of government agencies and autonomous entities are appointed by the President, and confirmed by the National Assembly.

Cabinet

President of the Republic: José Daniel Ortega Saavedra
Vice-President: Jaime Morales Carazo
Secretary of the Presidency:
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry: Ariel Bucardo Rocha
Minister of Defense: Has not been appointed by the President.
Minister of Education, Culture and Sports: Miguel de Castilla Urbina
Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources: Rosario Lorío Arana
Minister of Family: Glenda Auxiliadora Ramírez Noguera
Minister of Finance and Public Credit: Alberto José Guevara Obregón
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Samuel Santos López (Chancellor)
Minister of Governance: Ana Isabel Morales Mazún
Minister of Health: Juana Maritza Quant Machado
Minister of Industry and Commercefont: Horacio Manuel Brenes Icabalceta
Minister of Labor: Jeaneth Chávez Gómez
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure: Pablo Fernández Martínez Espinoza

Other entities of the Presidency

National System of Public Investments (Sistema Nacional de Inversiones Públicas, SNIP) website

Office of the First Lady (Oficina de la Primera Dama) website

Public Ethics Office (Oficina de Ética Pública)

Secretariat of the Youth (Secretaria de la Juventud, SEJUVE) website

Ministries and dependent entities

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Ministerio Agropecuario y Forestal, MAG-FOR) website

National Forestry Institute (Instituto Nacional Forestal, INAFOR) website
Nicaraguan Institute of Agricultural Technology (Instituto Nicaragüense de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) website

Ministry of Defense (Ministerio de Defensa, MIDEF) website

Military Social Security Institute (Instituto de Previsión Social Militar, IPSM) website
National System of Prevention, Relieves and Attention to Disasters (Sistema Nacional para la Prevención, Mitigación y Atención de Desastres, SINAPRED) website

Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports (Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deportes, MECD) website

National Technological Institute (Instituto Nacional Tecnológico, INTECNA)
Nicaraguan Institute of Culture (Instituto Nicaragüense de Cultura, INC)
Nicaraguan Institute of Youth and Sports (Instituto Nicaragüense de Juventud y Deportes, INJUDE) website

Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (Ministerio del Ambiente y los Recursos Naturales, MARENA) website

Ministry of Family (Ministerio de la Familia, MIFAMILIA) website

Nicaraguan Institute for Women (Instituto Nicaragüense de la Mujer, INIM)

Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público, MHCP) website

General Customs Bureau (Dirección General de Aduanas, DGA) website
General Revenue Service (Dirección General de Ingresos, DGI) website

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, MINREX) website

Secretariat of Economic Relations and Cooperation (Secretaría de Relaciones Económicas y Cooperación, SREC) Cooperation website Former Ministry of Foreign Cooperation.

Ministry of Governance (Ministerio de Gobernación, MIGOB) website

General Directorate of Migration and Alienage (Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería, DGME) website
National Penitentiary System (Sistema Penitenciario Nacional, SPN)
National Police (Policia Nacional, PN) website
Social Security Institute and Human Development (Instituto de Seguridad Social y Desarrollo Humano, ISS-DHU)

Ministry of Health (Ministerio de Salud, MINSA) website

Institute Against Alcoholism and Drug Addiction (Instituto Contra el Alcoholismo y la Drogadicción, ICAD)
Centro de Insumos para la Salud, CIPS, Government-owned corporation.
Centro de Mantenimiento de Equipos Médicos, Government-owned corporation.
Empresa de Insumos no Médicos, Government-owned corporation.
Hospital Alemán, Government-owned hospital.
Policlínica Oriental, Government-owned health-care center.

Ministry of Industry and Commercefont (Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio, MIFIC) website

Nicaraguan Institute of Support for the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Instituto Nicaragüense de Apoyo a la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa, INPYME) website
Nicaraguan Institute of Tourism (Nicaraguan Institute of Tourism, INTUR) website
Corporation of Free Trade Zones (Corporación de Zonas Francas, CZF) website
Empresa Nicaragüense de Alimentos Básicos, ENABAS, Government-owned enterprise devoted to internal trade, mostly grains.

Ministry of Labor (Ministerio del Trabajo, MITRAB)

National Technological Institute (Instituto Nacional Tecnológico, INATEC) website - Vocational education centers.

Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Ministerio de Transporte e Infraestructura, MTI) website

Corporation of Regional Constructor Companies (Corporación de Empresas Regionales de la Construcción, CREC)

Decentralized entities

Central Bank of Nicaragua - (Banco Central de Nicaragua, BCN) website

National Institute of Statistics and Census (Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos, INEC) website

Institute of Rural Development (Instituto de Desarrollo Rural, IDR) website

National Energy Commission (Comisión Nacional de Energía, CNE) website

Nicaraguan Institute of Aqueducts and Drains (Instituto Nicaragüense de Acueductos y Alcaltarillados, INAA) website

- Regulatory entity of public services.

Nicaraguan Institute of Municipal Development (Instituto Nicaragüense de Fomento Municipal, INIFOM) website

Nicaraguan Institute of Telecommunications and Postal Services (Instituto Nicaragüense de Telecomunicaciones y Correos, TELCOR) website

- Regulatory entity of public services.

Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies (Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales, INETER) website

Nicaraguan Institute of the Urban and Rural Housing (Instituto de la Vivienda Urbana y Rural, INVUR) website

Office of the Attorney General (Procuraduría General de Justicia)

Social Emergency Investment Fund (Fondo de Inversión Social de Emergencia, FISE) website

Government-owned enterprises

General

National Corporations of the Public Sector (Corporaciones Nacionales del Sector Público, CORNAP)

National Lottery (Lotería Nacional) website

Dependencies of the Presidency

Channel 6 (Canal 6 de Televisión), not in use.

National Printing Works (Imprenta Nacional), in process of privatization.

Olof Palme Convention Center (Centro de Convenciones Olof Palme), in process of privatization.

Radio Nicaragua website

Financial services

Nicaraguan Institute of Insurances and Reinsurances (Instituto Nicaragüense de Seguros y Reaseguros, INISER) website

Nicaraguan Investment Fund (Financiera Nicaragüense de Inversiones, S.A. FNI) website

- The Government holds a 51% share of the investment bank.

Rural Credit Fund (Fondo de Crédito Rural, FCR)

Public services

International Airport Administration Company (Empresa Administradora de Aeropuertos Internacionales, EAAI) website

Nicaraguan Aqueducts and Sewer Company (Empresa Nacional de Acueductos y Alcantarillados, ENACAL) website

- National water company.

National Electric Transmission Company (Empresa Nacional de Transmisión Eléctrica, ENTRESA) website

Nicaraguan Electricity Company (Empresa Nicaragüense de Electricidad, ENEL)

National Port Authority (Empresa Nacional de Puertos, ENAP) website

Nicaraguan Postal Service (Correos de Nicaragua) website

Legislative branch

http://www.asamblea.gob.ni/

Judicial branch

http://www.poderjudicial.gob.ni/

Electoral branch

http://www.cse.gob.ni/

Autonomous entities

Comptroller General of the Republic (Contraloria General de la República) website

Human Rights Prosecutor's Office (Procuraduría de los Derechos Humanos)

Intendence of Property (Intendencia de la Propiedad)

Nicaraguan Institute of Energy (Instituto Nicaragüense de Energía, INE) website

- Regulatory entity of public services.

Superintendence of Banks and other Financial Institutions - (Superintendencia de Bancos y Otras Instituciones Financieras, SIBOIF) website

Superintendence of Pensions (Superintendencia de Pensiones, SIP) website

Nicaraguan Social Security Institute (Instituto Nicaragüense de Seguridad Social, INSS) website

Public Prosecutor's Office (Ministerio Público) website

Nicaraguan Public Universities

Local Government

Municipal Governments

Regional Governments

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