English name:

Constitutional Liberal Party

Status:

Member (joined at Noordwijk Congress 1996)

Address:

Apartado 4569

Pista Juan Pablo Segundo

Managua

Telephone:

00 505 2 78 87 05

Fax:

00 505 2 78 18 00

Leader:

Dr Arnoldo Alemán Lacayo

President:

Jaime Cuaddra Somarriba

Secretary-General:

Dr José Rizo Castellón

Treasurer:

Dr Luis Benavidez

Director:

Dr Edmond Pallais

Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee:

José Rizo Castellón

Responsible for Women's Issues:

Myriam Fonseca Lopéz

International Relations Secretary:

José Rizo Castellón

- direct telephone number:

00 505 2 666 413

- direct fax number:

00 505 2 666 336

Foundation or Thinktank:

Maximo Jerez

Date of the last general Elections:

20 October 1996

- Votes:

890000

- Percentage:

54.3

- Number of seats in parliament:

Parliament: 42/90

- Date of the next general Elections:

2002

Membership:

300000

Parliamentary Group:

Bancada P.L.C.

Asamblea Nacional

Managua

- Telephone

00 505 2 28 10 71

- Fax

00 505 2 28 30 39

Parliamentary Spokesperson(Foreign Policy):

Victor Manuel Talavera Huete

Parliamentary Spokesperson(Defence):

Ernesto Romero Angulo

Parliamentary Spokesperson(Human Rights):

Alberto Rivera Monzón

Parliamentary Spokesperson(Int. Economic Affairs):

Jaime Bonilla Lopéz

Government or Opposition:

In government.

- Minister(s):

13 Ministers