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{{Politics of Nicaragua}} |
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[[Nicaragua]] is a [[constitutional democracy]] with [[executive branch|executive]], [[legislative branch|legislative]], [[judicial branch|judicial]], and [[electoral]] branches of government. The President of Nicaragua is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in the National Assembly. The judiciary and electoral powers are independent of the executive and the legislature. The magistrates of both the Supreme Court (CSJ) and the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) are appointed by the President and ratified by the National Assembly. |
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==Executive branch== |
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The current composition of the Executive Branch includes President [[Daniel Ortega Saavedra|José Daniel Ortega Saavedra]] and the Vice-President [[Jaime Morales Carazo]]. The cabinet ministers and the directors of government agencies and autonomous entities are appointed by the President, and confirmed by the National Assembly. |
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===Cabinet=== |
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*President of the Republic: [[Daniel Ortega Saavedra|José Daniel Ortega Saavedra]] |
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*Vice-President: [[Jaime Morales Carazo]] |
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*Secretary of the Presidency: |
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*Minister of Agriculture and Forestry: [[Ariel Bucardo Rocha]] |
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*Minister of Defense: ''Has not been appointed by the President.'' |
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*Minister of Education, Culture and Sports: [[Miguel de Castilla Urbina]] |
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*Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources: [[Rosario Lorío Arana]] |
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*Minister of Family: [[Glenda Auxiliadora Ramírez Noguera]] |
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*Minister of Finance and Public Credit: [[Alberto José Guevara Obregón]] |
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*Minister of Foreign Affairs: [[Samuel Santos López]] ([[Chancellor#Latin AmericaChancellor|Chancellor]]) |
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*Minister of Governance: [[Ana Isabel Morales Mazún]] |
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*Minister of Health: [[Juana Maritza Quant Machado]] |
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*Minister of Industry and Commercefont: [[Horacio Manuel Brenes Icabalceta]] |
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*Minister of Labor: [[Jeaneth Chávez Gómez]] |
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*Minister of Transport and Infrastructure: [[Pablo Fernández Martínez Espinoza]] |
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===Other entities of the Presidency=== |
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*[[Nicaraguan System of Public Investments|National System of Public Investments]] (Sistema Nacional de Inversiones Públicas, SNIP) [http://www.snip.gob.ni/ website] |
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*[[Office of the First Lady of Nicaragua|Office of the First Lady]] (Oficina de la Primera Dama) [http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/Presidencia/Files_index/Primera%20Dama/ website] |
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*[[Nicaraguan Public Ethics Office|Public Ethics Office]] (Oficina de Ética Pública) |
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*[[nicaraguan Secretariat of the Youth|Secretariat of the Youth]] (Secretaria de la Juventud, SEJUVE) [http://www.sejuve.gob.ni/ website] |
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===Ministries and dependent entities=== |
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*[[Nicaraguan Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry|Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry]] (Ministerio Agropecuario y Forestal, MAG-FOR) [http://www.magfor.gob.ni/ website] |
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**[[Nicaraguan Forestry Institute|National Forestry Institute]] (Instituto Nacional Forestal, INAFOR) [http://www.inafor.gob.ni/ website] |
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**[[Nicaraguan Institute of Agricultural Technology]] (Instituto Nicaragüense de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) [http://www.inta.gob.ni/ website] |
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*[[Nicaraguan Ministry of Defense|Ministry of Defense]] (Ministerio de Defensa, MIDEF) [http://www.midef.gob.ni/ website] |
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**[[Nicaraguan Military Social Security Institute|Military Social Security Institute]] (Instituto de Previsión Social Militar, IPSM) [http://www.ipsm.mil.ni/ website] |
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**[[Nicaraguan System of Prevention, Relieves and Attention to Disasters|National System of Prevention, Relieves and Attention to Disasters]] (Sistema Nacional para la Prevención, Mitigación y Atención de Desastres, SINAPRED) [http://www.sinapred.gob.ni/ website] |
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*[[Nicaraguan Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports|Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports]] (Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deportes, MECD) [http://www.mecd.gob.ni/ website] |
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**[[Nicaraguan Technological Institute|National Technological Institute]] (Instituto Nacional Tecnológico, INTECNA) |
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**[[Nicaraguan Institute of Culture]] (Instituto Nicaragüense de Cultura, INC) |
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**[[Nicaraguan Institute of Youth and Sports]] (Instituto Nicaragüense de Juventud y Deportes, INJUDE) [http://www.injd.gob.ni/html/index.htm/ website] |
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*[[Nicaraguan Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources|Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources]] (Ministerio del Ambiente y los Recursos Naturales, MARENA) [http://www.marena.gob.ni/ website] |
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*[[Nicaraguan Ministry of Family|Ministry of Family]] (Ministerio de la Familia, MIFAMILIA) [http://www.mifamilia.gob.ni/ website] |
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**[[Nicaraguan Institute for Women]] (Instituto Nicaragüense de la Mujer, INIM) |
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*[[Nicaraguan Ministry of Finance and Public Credit|Ministry of Finance and Public Credit]] (Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público, MHCP) [http://www.hacienda.gob.ni/ website] |
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**[[Nicaraguan General Customs Bureau|General Customs Bureau]] (Dirección General de Aduanas, DGA) [http://www.dga.gob.ni/ website] |
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**[[Nicaraguan General Revenue Service|General Revenue Service]] (Dirección General de Ingresos, DGI) [http://www.dgi.gob.ni/ website] |
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*[[Nicaraguan Ministry of Foreign Affairs|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] (Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, MINREX) [http://www.cancilleria.gob.ni/ website] |
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**[[Nicaraguan Secretariat of Economic Relations and Cooperation|Secretariat of Economic Relations and Cooperation]] (Secretaría de Relaciones Económicas y Cooperación, SREC) Cooperation [http://srec.cancilleria.gob.ni/ website] Former Ministry of Foreign Cooperation. |
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*[[Nicaraguan Ministry of Governance|Ministry of Governance]] (Ministerio de Gobernación, MIGOB) [http://www.migob.gob.ni/ website] |
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**[[Nicaraguan Directorate of Migration and Alienage|General Directorate of Migration and Alienage]] (Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería, DGME) [http://www.migracion.gob.ni/ website] |
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**[[Nicaraguan Penitentiary System|National Penitentiary System]] (Sistema Penitenciario Nacional, SPN) |
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**[[National Police of Nicaragua|National Police]] (Policia Nacional, PN) [http://www.policia.gob.ni/ website] |
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**[[Nicaraguan Social Security Institute and Human Development|Social Security Institute and Human Development]] (Instituto de Seguridad Social y Desarrollo Humano, ISS-DHU) |
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*[[Nicaraguan Ministry of Health|Ministry of Health]] (Ministerio de Salud, MINSA) [http://www.minsa.gob.ni/ website] |
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**[[Nicaraguan Institute Against Alcoholism and Drug Addiction|Institute Against Alcoholism and Drug Addiction]] (Instituto Contra el Alcoholismo y la Drogadicción, ICAD) |
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**[[Centro de Insumos para la Salud]], CIPS, Government-owned corporation. |
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**[[Centro de Mantenimiento de Equipos Médicos]], Government-owned corporation. |
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**[[Empresa de Insumos no Médicos]], Government-owned corporation. |
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**[[Hospital Alemán-Nicaragüense|Hospital Alemán]], Government-owned hospital. |
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**[[Policlínica Oriental]], Government-owned health-care center. |
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*[[Nicaraguan Ministry of Industry and Commercefont|Ministry of Industry and Commercefont]] (Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio, MIFIC) [http://www.mific.gob.ni/ website] |
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**[[Nicaraguan Institute of Support for the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises]] (Instituto Nicaragüense de Apoyo a la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa, INPYME) [http://www.inpyme.gob.ni/ website] |
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**[[Nicaraguan Institute of Tourism]] (Nicaraguan Institute of Tourism, INTUR) [http://www.intur.gob.ni/ website] |
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**[[Nicaraguan Corporation of Free Trade Zones|Corporation of Free Trade Zones]] (Corporación de Zonas Francas, CZF) [http://www.czf.com.ni/ website] |
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**[[Empresa Nicaragüense de Alimentos Básicos]], ENABAS, Government-owned enterprise devoted to internal trade, mostly grains. |
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*[[Nicaraguan Ministry of Labor|Ministry of Labor]] (Ministerio del Trabajo, MITRAB) |
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**[[Nicaraguan Technological Institute|National Technological Institute]] (Instituto Nacional Tecnológico, INATEC) [http://www.inatec.edu.ni/ website] - Vocational education centers. |
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*[[Nicaraguan Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure|Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure]] (Ministerio de Transporte e Infraestructura, MTI) [http://www.mti.gob.ni/ website] |
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**[[Nicaraguan Corporation of Regional Constructor Companies|Corporation of Regional Constructor Companies]] (Corporación de Empresas Regionales de la Construcción, CREC) |
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===Decentralized entities=== |
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*[[Central Bank of Nicaragua]] - (Banco Central de Nicaragua, BCN) [http://www.bcn.gob.ni/ website] |
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**[[Nicaraguan Institute of Statistics and Census|National Institute of Statistics and Census]] (Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos, INEC) [http://www.inec.gob.ni/ website] |
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*[[Nicaraguan Institute of Rural Development|Institute of Rural Development]] (Instituto de Desarrollo Rural, IDR) [http://www.idr.gob.ni/ website] |
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*[[Nicaraguan Energy Commission|National Energy Commission]] (Comisión Nacional de Energía, CNE) [http://www.cne.gob.ni/ website] |
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*[[Nicaraguan Institute of Aqueducts and Drains]] (Instituto Nicaragüense de Acueductos y Alcaltarillados, INAA) [http://www.inaa.gob.ni/ website] - Regulatory entity of public services. |
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*[[Nicaraguan Institute of Municipal Development]] (Instituto Nicaragüense de Fomento Municipal, INIFOM) [http://www.inifom.gob.ni/ website] |
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*[[Nicaraguan Institute of Telecommunications and Postal Services]] (Instituto Nicaragüense de Telecomunicaciones y Correos, TELCOR) [http://www.telcor.gob.ni/ website] - Regulatory entity of public services. |
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*[[Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies]] (Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales, INETER) [http://www.ineter.gob.ni/ website] |
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*[[Nicaraguan Institute of the Urban and Rural Housing]] (Instituto de la Vivienda Urbana y Rural, INVUR) [http://www.invur.gob.ni/ website] |
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*[[Office of the Attorney General of Nicaragua|Office of the Attorney General]] (Procuraduría General de Justicia) |
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*[[Nicaraguan Social Emergency Investment Fund|Social Emergency Investment Fund]] (Fondo de Inversión Social de Emergencia, FISE) [http://www.fise.gob.ni/ website] |
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===Government-owned enterprises=== |
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====General==== |
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*[[Nicaraguan Corporations of the Public Sector|National Corporations of the Public Sector]] (Corporaciones Nacionales del Sector Público, CORNAP) |
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*[[National Lottery of Nicaragua|National Lottery]] (Lotería Nacional) [http://www.loterianacional.com.ni/ website] |
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====Dependencies of the Presidency==== |
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*[[Sistema Nacional de Televisión|Channel 6]] (Canal 6 de Televisión), not in use. |
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*[[Nicaraguan Printing Works|National Printing Works]] (Imprenta Nacional), in process of privatization. |
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*[[Olof Palme Convention Center]] (Centro de Convenciones Olof Palme), in process of privatization. |
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*[[Radio Nicaragua]] [http://www.radionicaragua.com.ni/ website] |
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====Financial services==== |
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*[[Nicaraguan Institute of Insurances and Reinsurance]]s (Instituto Nicaragüense de Seguros y Reaseguros, INISER) [http://www.iniser.com.ni/ website] |
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*[[Nicaraguan Investment Fund]] (Financiera Nicaragüense de Inversiones, S.A. FNI) [http://www.fni.com.ni/ website] - The Government holds a 51% share of the investment bank. |
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**[[Nicaraguan Rural Credit Fund|Rural Credit Fund]] (Fondo de Crédito Rural, FCR) |
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====Public services==== |
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*[[Nicaraguan International Airport Administration Company|International Airport Administration Company]] (Empresa Administradora de Aeropuertos Internacionales, EAAI) [http://www.eaai.com.ni/ website] |
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*[[Nicaraguan Aqueducts and Sewer Company]] (Empresa Nacional de Acueductos y Alcantarillados, ENACAL) [http://www.enacal.com.ni/ website] - National water company. |
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*[[Nicaraguan Electric Transmission Company|National Electric Transmission Company]] (Empresa Nacional de Transmisión Eléctrica, ENTRESA) [http://www.entresa.com.ni/ website] |
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*[[Nicaraguan Electricity Company]] (Empresa Nicaragüense de Electricidad, ENEL) |
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*[[Nicaraguan Port Authority|National Port Authority]] (Empresa Nacional de Puertos, ENAP) [http://www.epn.com.ni/ website] |
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*[[Nicaraguan Postal Service]] (Correos de Nicaragua) [http://www.correos.com.ni/ website] |
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==Legislative branch== |
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http://www.asamblea.gob.ni/ |
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==Judicial branch== |
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http://www.poderjudicial.gob.ni/ |
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==Electoral branch== |
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http://www.cse.gob.ni/ |
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==Autonomous entities== |
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*[[Comptroller General of the Republic of Nicaragua|Comptroller General of the Republic]] (Contraloria General de la República) [http://www.cgr.gob.ni/ website] |
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*[[Nicaraguan Human Rights Prosecutor's Office|Human Rights Prosecutor's Office]] (Procuraduría de los Derechos Humanos) |
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*[[Nicaraguan Intendence of Property|Intendence of Property]] (Intendencia de la Propiedad) |
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*[[Nicaraguan Institute of Energy]] (Instituto Nicaragüense de Energía, INE) [http://www.ine.gob.ni/ website] - Regulatory entity of public services. |
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*[[Nicaraguan Superintendence of Banks and other Financial Institutions|Superintendence of Banks and other Financial Institutions]] - (Superintendencia de Bancos y Otras Instituciones Financieras, SIBOIF) [http://www.superintendencia.gob.ni/ website] |
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*[[Nicaraguan Superintendence of Pensions|Superintendence of Pensions]] (Superintendencia de Pensiones, SIP) [http://www.sip.org.ni/ website] |
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**[[Nicaraguan Social Security Institute]] (Instituto Nicaragüense de Seguridad Social, INSS) [http://www.inss.org.ni website] |
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*[[Nicaraguan Public Prosecutor's Office|Public Prosecutor's Office]] (Ministerio Público) [http://www.ministeriopublico.gob.ni/ website] |
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*[[Nicaraguan Public Universities]] |
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==Local Government== |
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===Municipal Governments=== |
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===Regional Governments=== |
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[[Category:Government of Nicaragua| ]] |
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