Rivas in 2013

Roberto José Rivas Reyes (6 July 1954 – 5 March 2022) was a Nicaraguan politician who was President of the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE).[1] Rivas became a CSE magistrate in 1995,[2] and five years later became its president.[3]

Biography

As of January 2018, vice-president Lumberto Campbell served as the CSE’s acting head,[4] following Magnitsky Act sanctions of Rivas by the United States for corruption in December 2017.[5] Rivas resigned the post in May 2018.[2]

Rivas’s brother, Harold Rivas Reyes, was Nicaragua’s Ambassador to Costa Rica from February 2007 until January 2018.[6] Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega recalled Harold Rivas from his post shortly after Roberto was sanctioned.[5]

Personal life and death

Rivas was married to Ileana Delgado Lacayo, with whom he had four children.[2] He died of sepsis on 5 March 2022, at the age of 67, following five months of hospitalization for COVID-19 in Managua.[2]

References

  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. 1 2 3 4 "Muere Roberto Rivas, el exmagistrado que entronizó al régimen Ortega-Murillo mediante fraudes electorales". Confidencial (in Spanish). 6 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Miranda Aburto, Wilfredo (29 January 2018). "No Official in Nicaragua Wants to Investigate Roberto Rivas". www.havanatimes.org. Archived from the original on 17 February 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  5. 1 2 Bravo, Josué (29 January 2018). "Daniel Ortega remueve al hermano de Roberto Rivas de su cargo como embajador de Nicaragua en Costa Rica". La Prensa (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 September 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "Nicaragua Dismisses Ambassador To Costa Rica". Q COSTA RICA. 30 January 2018. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.


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