Legislative power is vested in the National Assembly. The judiciary and electoral powers are independent of the executive and the legislature. The magistrates of both the Supreme Court (CSJ) and the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) are appointed by the President and ratified by the National Assembly.
Executive branch
The current composition of the Executive Branch includes President Daniel Ortega and the Vice-President Rosario Murillo. The cabinet ministers and the directors of government agencies and autonomous entities are appointed by the President, then confirmed by the National Assembly.
General Directorate of Migration and Alienage (Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería, DGME); websiteArchived October 19, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
National Penitentiary System (Sistema Penitenciario Nacional, SPN)
Ministry of Industry and Commercefont (Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio, MIFIC); website
Nicaraguan Institute of Support for the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Instituto Nicaragüense de Apoyo a la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa, INPYME); website
Nicaraguan Institute of Tourism (Nicaraguan Institute of Tourism, INTUR); website
Corporation of Free Trade Zones (Corporación de Zonas Francas, CZF); website
Empresa Nicaragüense de Alimentos Básicos, ENABAS, Government-owned enterprise devoted to internal trade, mostly grains.
Ministry of Labor (Ministerio del Trabajo, MITRAB)
National Technological Institute (Instituto Nacional Tecnológico, INATEC); website - Vocational education centers.
Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Ministerio de Transporte e Infraestructura, MTI); website
Corporation of Regional Constructor Companies (Corporación de Empresas Regionales de la Construcción, CREC)
Ministry of Defense (Ministerio de Defensa, MIDEF); website
Military Social Security Institute (Instituto de Previsión Social Militar, IPSM); website
National System of Prevention, Relieves and Attention to Disasters (Sistema Nacional para la Prevención, Mitigación y Atención de Desastres, SINAPRED); website
National Institute of Statistics and Census (Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos, INEC); website
Institute of Rural Development (Instituto de Desarrollo Rural, IDR); website
National Energy Commission (Comisión Nacional de Energía, CNE); website
Nicaraguan Institute of Aqueducts and Drains (Instituto Nicaragüense de Acueductos y Alcaltarillados, INAA); websiteArchived December 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine - Regulatory entity of public services.
Nicaraguan Institute of Municipal Development (Instituto Nicaragüense de Fomento Municipal, INIFOM); website
Nicaraguan Institute of Telecommunications and Postal Services (Instituto Nicaragüense de Telecomunicaciones y Correos, TELCOR). Regulatory entity of public services. Website
Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies (Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales, INETER); website
Nicaraguan Institute of the Urban and Rural Housing (Instituto de la Vivienda Urbana y Rural, INVUR); website
Office of the Attorney General (Procuraduría General de Justicia)
Social Emergency Investment Fund (Fondo de Inversión Social de Emergencia, FISE); website
Government-owned enterprises
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National Corporations of the Public Sector (Corporaciones Nacionales del Sector Público, CORNAP)