Junta of National Reconstruction
Republic of Nicaragua República de Nicaragua | |||||||||
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| 1979–1985 | |||||||||
| Anthem: Salve a ti, Nicaragua (Spanish) "Hail to Thee, Nicaragua" | |||||||||
| Capital | Managua | ||||||||
| Common languages | Spanish | ||||||||
| Government | Unitary socialist provisional government under a military junta | ||||||||
| Coordinator of the Junta | |||||||||
• 1979-1985 | Daniel Ortega | ||||||||
| President of the Council of State of Nicaragua | |||||||||
• 1980–1981 | Bayardo Arce Castaño | ||||||||
• 1981–1984 | Carlos Núñez Tellez | ||||||||
| Legislature | Interim Council of State (1980–1984) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||
| July 18, 1979 | |||||||||
| November 4, 1984 | |||||||||
• Disestablished | January 10 1985 | ||||||||
| Currency | Nicaraguan córdoba | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | NI | ||||||||
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The Junta of National Reconstruction (Spanish: Junta de Gobierno de Reconstrucción Nacional) was the provisional government of Nicaragua from the fall of the Somoza family dictatorship in July 1979 until January 1985, with the election of Daniel Ortega (FSLN) as president of Nicaragua.