Ana Margarita Vijil

Ana Margarita Vijil
Vijil in 2016
CitizenshipNicaragua
Occupation(s)Lawyer
Human rights activist
Political partySandinista Renovation Movement
FamilyTamara Dávila (niece)

Ana Margarita Vijil Gurdián is a Nicaraguan lawyer, political leader and human rights activist. She is former president, from 2012 to 2017, of the Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) and a member of the Unamos party that succeeded the MRS. In June 2021, she was part of a wave of arrests of opposition figures, including seven aspiring opposition candidates for president in the 2021 Nicaraguan general election.