Nicaragua

Population Statistics

5,907,881

Total Population

886,182

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

07 December 2007

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Political Constitution of the Republic of Nicaragua (1987, last amended 2014)

Updated: June 2015

Article 134, part 2 states:

Candidates for representative in the National Assembly shall meet the following requirements…

  • (b) enjoy full civil and political rights.

 

Article 147 states:

Candidates for president or vice president of the republic shall meet the following requirements…

  • (2) enjoy full civil and political rights.

 

Article 149 states:

…In addition to the established absences in this Article, these are permanent absences of the President and Vice President of the Republic [including]…

  • (c) total permanent disability declared by the National Assembly, approved by two thirds of the deputies…

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Republic of Nicaragua (1987, last amended 2014)