Mariano Argüello Vargas

{{Short description|Nicaraguan politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Mariano Argüello Vargas

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|office1 = Vice President of Nicaragua

|term_start1 = 15 August 1947

|term_end1 = 22 November 1947

|predecessor1 = Francisco Navarro Alvarado

|successor1 = Silvio Argüello Cardenal, Gustavo Raskosky and Lorenzo Guerrero Gutiérrez

|president1 = Víctor Manuel Román y Reyes

|birth_date = 1890, Granada, Nicaragua

|birth_place =

|death_date = 1970, Miami, Florida, USA

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|party = Nationalist Liberal Party

|alma_mater = University of St. Thomas

}}

Mariano Argüello Vargas (1890{{cite web |title=The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DeM7AQAAIAAJ |publisher=Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Incorporated |language=en |date=1950}}–1970) was a pro-Somoza politician from Nicaragua.{{cite book |last1=Leonard |first1=Thomas M. |title=The United States and Central America, 1944-1949: Perceptions of Political Dynamics |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k9wWAAAAYAAJ |publisher=University of Alabama Press |language=en |date=1984|isbn=9780817301903 }} who served as Vice President of Nicaragua in 1947.{{cite web |title=Dr. Mariano Argüello Vargas |url=https://mexicana.cultura.gob.mx/en/repositorio/detalle?id=_suri:INEHRM:TransObject:5bcbda667a8a0222ef147ee0 |website=mexicana.cultura.gob.mx |language=en}} He was appointed alongside President Víctor Manuel Román y Reyes on 15 August 1947 on a temporary basis .,{{cite web |title=DESIGNACIÓN DE PRESIDENTE Y VICE PRESIDENTE|url=http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/normaweb.nsf/($All)/C51AC9C6FC6D9A140625730800521F7A?OpenDocument |website=legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni}} the post having been terminated on 22 November 1947 following the recognition of the Roman y Reyes' presidency by the Truman administration. .{{cite web |title=Vicepresidencia de la República |url=http://www.vicepresidencia.gob.ni/noticias/2008/jul/vp.html |date=25 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025000247/http://www.vicepresidencia.gob.ni/noticias/2008/jul/vp.html |archive-date=2008-10-25 }}

He had a LL.D. law degree from the Universidad de Oriente y Mediodía. and was President of the Senate of National Congress 1945–1946, 1947–1948, 1952–1953, 1954–1955,{{cite web|url=http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/NormaWeb.nsf/b92aaea87dac762406257265005d21f7/864566f0387b7350062572c300568f02?OpenDocument|title=(HASE POR INSTALADA LA CÀMARA DEL SENADO)|website=legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni}} 1956–1957, 1963 and 1966.{{cite web|url=http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/normaweb.nsf/b92aaea87dac762406257265005d21f7/f47bdb772e9384ef06257213004c4e51?OpenDocument|title=EL BANCO CENTRAL EMITIRÁ 16,000 MONEDAS DE ORO, EN CONMEMORACIÓN A RUBÉN DARÍO|website=legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni}} He was president of the Chamber of Deputies from 1950 to 1952.{{cite book |last1=Cardenal Tellería |first1=Marco A. |title=Nicaragua y su Historia - Cronología del acontecer histórico y construcción de la nación Nicaragüense|date=2000 |publisher=Banco Mercantil |location=Managua |isbn=99924-0-064-1}} He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1950 to 1956.{{cite web |last1=Truhart |first1=Peter |title=International Directory of Foreign Ministers, 1589-1989: Supplement, 1945-1995 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5g4WAQAAIAAJ |publisher=Saur |language=en |date=1996}}