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Enrique José Bolaños Geyer (born on May 13 1928) is the President of Nicaragua. President Bolaños is of Spanish and German heritage and was born in Masaya, Nicaragua.
He publicly opposed the Sandinista dictatorship of the 1980´s, resulting in brief imprisonment, intimidation, threats from the government and political persecution. His successful agro-production company, SAIMSA, was confiscated by the Sandinista government.
He served as vice president under his predecessor, Arnoldo Alemán. On 6 November 2001 he beat Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista party in the presidential elections and was sworn in as president on 10 January 2002.
He was a member of the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) until he broke with it to form the Alliance for the Republic (APRE.) At the beginning of his term he led an anti-Corruption campaign against his predecessor and the head of the PLC, Arnoldo Alemán, sentencing him to 20 years in prison, but politically isolating himself from the influential Liberal Party. Institutional struggles for power between the Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches have resulted in great inefficiency for the Bolaños government. Self-interested Party politics traditionally dominate the Nicaraguan political arena.
| Preceded by: Arnoldo Alemán Lacayo | Presidents of Nicaragua 2002-present | Succeeded by: Incumbent de:Enrique Bolaños Geyer es:Enrique Bolaños Geyer fr:Enrique Bolaños Geyer gl:Enrique Bolaños Geyer |