Lorenzo Guerrero

{{Short description|President of Nicaragua from 1966 to 1967}}

{{for|the governor of the Northern Mariana Islands|Lorenzo I. De Leon Guerrero}}

{{family name hatnote|Guerrero|Gutiérrez|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Lorenzo Guerrero Gutiérrez

|office = 52nd President of Nicaragua

|image = GUERRERO LORENZO.png

|predecessor = Orlando Montenegro Medrano {{small|(acting)}}

|successor = Anastasio Somoza Debayle

|vicepresident = Silvio Argüello Cardenal
Gustavo Raskosky

|office1 = Vice President of Nicaragua

|alongside1 = Silvio Argüello Cardenal & Gustavo Raskosky

|president1 = René Schick

|term_start1 = 1 May 1963

|term_end1 = 3 August 1966

|predecessor1 = Vacant

|successor1 = Silvio Argüello Cardenal
Gustavo Raskosky

|office2 = Minister of Foreign Affairs

|president2 = Anastasio Somoza Debayle

|term_start2 = 1 May 1967

|term_end2 = 1 May 1972

|predecessor2 = Alfonso Ortega Urbina

|successor2 = Alejandro Montiel Argüello

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|11|13|df=y}}

|birth_place = Granada

|death_date = {{death date and age|1981|04|15|1900|11|13|df=y}}

|death_place = Granada

|spouse =

|term_start = 4 August 1966

|term_end = 1 May 1967

|party = PLN

|occupation = Physician, surgeon, politician

}}

Lorenzo Guerrero Gutiérrez (13 November 1900 – 15 April 1981){{cite web|url=http://www.mined.gob.ni/gobern41.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009181920/http://www.mined.gob.ni/gobern41.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 October 2012|title=Gobernantes de Nicaragua|date=9 December 2012|publisher=Ministerio de Educación}} was a politician who was a physician and surgeon by profession. He was mayor of his native Granada (1932), minister of Education (1934–1937), ambassador to Mexico (1937 and 1945), private secretary of the presidency (1943), member of the National Constituent Assembly (1947), ambassador to Costa Rica (1953) and Senator.{{cite web |title=Vice Presidencia de la República |url=http://www.vicepresidencia.gob.ni/?inc=view&view=profiles&id=43 |date=2 February 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202102230/http://www.vicepresidencia.gob.ni/?inc=view&view=profiles&id=43 | archive-date=2014-02-02 }}

Guerrero was the president of the Senate of National Congress of Nicaragua 1949–1950, 1953–1954, 1956–1957 and 1962.{{cite web|url=http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/normaweb.nsf/($All)/58E5D957998D48A10625744300517D76?OpenDocument|title=(REFÓRMASE EL DECRETO-LEY DEL 26 OCTUBRE DE 1940, LEY CREADORA DEL BANCO NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA)|website=legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni}} Guerrero served as one of the Vice Presidents in the administration of René Schick from May 1963 to August 1966 and became President of Nicaragua on 4 August 1966 following the death of Schick.[http://www.vicepresidencia.gob.ni/noticias/2008/jul/vp.html History of Vicepresidency] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025000247/http://www.vicepresidencia.gob.ni/noticias/2008/jul/vp.html |date=2008-10-25 }} Guerrero served the remainder of Schick's term and following the 1967 elections, handed over the presidency to Anastasio Somoza Debayle on 1 May of that year. He, in turn appointed Guerrero as his Foreign Minister. He was a relative of his predecessor René Schick.