Republic of Nicaragua República de Nicaragua | |||||||||
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1979–1985 | |||||||||
Anthem: Salve a ti, Nicaragua (Spanish) "Hail to Thee, Nicaragua" | |||||||||
Capital | Managua | ||||||||
Common languages | Spanish | ||||||||
Government | Unitary socialist provisional government under a military junta | ||||||||
Coordinator of the Junta | |||||||||
• 1979-1985 | Daniel Ortega | ||||||||
President of the Council of State of Nicaragua | |||||||||
• 1980–1981 | Bayardo Arce Castaño | ||||||||
• 1981–1984 | Carlos Núñez Tellez | ||||||||
Legislature | Interim Council of State (1980–1984) | ||||||||
Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||
July 18, 1979 | |||||||||
November 4, 1984 | |||||||||
• Disestablished | January 10 1985 | ||||||||
Currency | Nicaraguan córdoba | ||||||||
ISO 3166 code | NI | ||||||||
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The Junta of National Reconstruction (Spanish: Junta de Gobierno de Reconstrucción Nacional) was the provisional government of Nicaragua from the fall of the Somoza family dictatorship in July 1979[1] until January 1985, with the election of Daniel Ortega (FSLN) as president of Nicaragua.[2][3]