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Virgilio Godoy

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Virgilio Godoy
Vice President of Nicaragua
In office
25 April 1990 – 23 October 1995
PresidentVioletta Chamorro
Preceded bySergio Ramírez
Succeeded byJulia Mena
Personal details
Born1 May 1934
León, Nicaragua
Died17 November 2016(2016-11-17) (aged 82)
Managua, Nicaragua
Political partyIndependent Liberal Party
Alma materCentral University of Ecuador,
National Autonomous University of Mexico

Virgilio Abelardo Godoy Reyes (1 May 1934 in León – 17 November 2016 in Managua)[1] was a Nicaraguan politician who served as the vice president of his respective Central American nation from 25 April 1990 until he resigned in October 1995 to run for president in the 1996 presidential election.[2]

Godoy was one of the founding members of PLI.[3] He was elected in the 1990 presidential ticket of National Opposition Union as running mate of Violeta Barrios de Chamorro.

Godoy was twice an unsuccessful candidate for president – in the 1984 Nicaraguan general election and in the 1996 Nicaraguan general election.

He worked as professor in National Autonomous University of Nicaragua–León.

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