Roberto Rivas Reyes

President of the Supreme Electoral Council of Nicaragua

Roberto José Rivas Reyes (6 July 1954 – 5 March 2022) was a Nicaraguan politician and lawyer. He was President of the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE).[1] Rivas became a CSE magistrate in 1995 and five years later became its president.[2] He resigned in 2018. He was born in Managua, Nicaragua.

Rivas in 2013

Rivas Reyes died on 5 March 2022 at a hospital in Managua, at the age of 67 from sepsis caused by COVID-19.[3]

References change

  1. "President of Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council hit with US sanctions". Univision (in Spanish). 21 December 2017. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  2. Álvarez, Leonor (11 January 2017). "Roberto Rivas: "Yo estoy bien donde estoy"". La Prensa (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  3. "Muere Roberto Rivas, el exmagistrado que entronizó al régimen Ortega-Murillo mediante fraudes electorales". Confidencial (in Spanish). 6 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.