Diego Manuel Chamorro Bolaños (August 9, 1861 Nandaime

Nandaime

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 – October 12, 1923 Managua

Managua

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) was the President

President of Nicaragua

The position of President of Nicaragua was created in the Constitution of 1854. From 1825 until the Constitution of 1838 the title of the position was known as Head of State and from 1838 to 1854 as Supreme Director .-Heads of State of Nicaragua within the Federal Republic of Central America...

 of Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...

 between 1 January 1921 and 12 October 1923. He belonged to the Conservative Party of Nicaragua

Conservative Party of Nicaragua

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 and was a member of the politically powerful Chamorro family

Chamorro (family)

The Chamorro family has its origin in Spain. A branch of the family became prominent in Nicaragua in the 18th century and its influence continues to the present. Historically, the Chamorros have been closely associated with the Conservatives, but the Sandinista Revolution has divided their...

. His father was Pedro Joaquín Chamorro.

Don Diego was elected President of Nicaragua in 1921, following his nephew Emiliano

Emiliano Chamorro Vargas

Emiliano Chamorro Vargas was the President of Nicaragua from 1 January 1917 to 1 January 1921 and again from 14 March 1926 to 11 November 1926....

 in that office. During his presidency, he crushed an invasion by rebels from Honduras

Honduras

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 and initiated an agreement between himself and the presidents of Honduras and El Salvador

El Salvador

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 to prevent such invasions in the future. He also signed the Treaty of Peace and Friendship among the Central America

Central America

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n countries.

President Diego Manuel Chamorro died in office in 1923.

He was married to his twice cousin Dolores Bolaños Chamorro and had an only daughter:

• Mercedes Chamorro Bolaños, married to her and his twice cousin Fernando Chamorro Chamorro, and had:
  • Edmundo Chamorro Chamorro, married to Blanca Rappaccioli y Asenjo, of Italian paternal descent, and had:
    • Edmundo Chamorro Rappaccioli
    • Roberto Chamorro Rappaccioli
    • Silvio Chamorro Rappaccioli
    • Fernando Chamorro Rappaccioli
    • Emiliano Chamorro Rappaccioli
    • Melba Chamorro Rappaccioli
    • Gretchen Chamorro Rappaccioli
    • Blanca Chamorro Rappaccioli