Rosendo Chamorro

In thisSpanish name,the first or paternalsurnameisChamorroand the second or maternal family name isOreamuno.

Rosendo Chamorro
President of Nicaragua
Acting
In office 12 October 1923 – 27 October 1923
Preceded by	Diego Manuel Chamorro
Succeeded by	Bartolomé Martínez
Personal details
Born	Rosendo Chamorro Oreamuno 8 February 1862 Granada, Nicaragua
Died	Unknown
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Emilia Solorzano Gutierrez
Children	5
Alma mater	University of Paris

Rosendo Chamorro Oreamunowas brieflyPresidentofNicaraguain 1923. He received a doctorate from theUniversity of Paris.

In 1923, he was Minister of the Interior of Nicaragua. When PresidentDiego Manuel Chamorrodied, Rosendo Chamorro was designated interim president untilVice PresidentBartolomé Martínezreturned to the capital to be sworn in.He held the position of President for fifteen days.

Genealogy

Rosendo Chamorro Oreamuno was born on 8 February 1862 in Granada to a very wealthy and politically influential family. His father, Dionisio Chamorro Alfaro is brother and half brother respectively to the presidentsPedro Joaquín Chamorro AlfaroandFrutos Chamorro Perez.His grandfather Pedro José Chamorro Argüello was the army general stationed in Granada, Nicaragua.

Rosendo is also first cousinto PresidentDiego Manuel Chamorro Bolaños,and uncle to PresidentEmiliano Chamorro Vargas.He is also Granduncle toPedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal,wife of PresidentVioleta Barrios de Chamorro.

Rosendo married Emilia Solorzano Gutierrez from Granada and had five children:

• Enrique Chamorro Solórzano married to María Carazo Morales, they had five children
• Emilia Chamorro Solórzano married to Rodolfo Vivas de Martini, they had three children
• Amalia Chamorro Solórzano married to William Godfrey
• Rosendo Chamorro Solórzano married to Agustina Benard Guzman, three children, and one child from Dominga Mercado
• Alejandro Chamorro Solórzano married to María Teresa Carazo Morales, they had four children, later married Maria Isabel Cuadra Cardenal and had ten children.

References

Genealogia Familia Chamorro,por El Dr.Emilio Alvarez Lejarza(1951), Talleres Tipograficos y Litograficos de la Editorial Catolica, S. A. Managua, Nic.-C. A.