Rosalío Cortés
Former President of Nicaragua
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Rosalío Cortés Sánchez (1820–1884) was the 35th President of Nicaragua, serving from 19 October to 15 November 1857; he ruled jointly with Gregorio Juárez in a government junta.[1]
Cortés was born in 1820 in León, Nicaragua and died in 1884 in Masaya. He was president of the Nicaraguan Congress in 1849.[2] He and Juárez, both Afro-Nicaraguans from León, were the most trusted advisors to General, and later President, Tomás Martínez, who succeeded them in the presidency.[3]
