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See also:	Other events of 2017 Timeline of Nicaraguan history

The following lists events in the year 2017 in Nicaragua.

Incumbents

• President: Daniel Ortega
• Vice President:
  • Moises Omar Halleslevens Acevedo (until 10 January)
  • Rosario Murillo (from 10 January)

Events

• Ongoing since 2013 – The Nicaraguan protests

• 10 January – Rosario Murillo takes over as vice president, succeeding Moises Omar Halleslevens Acevedo.

• 25 March – Miss Nicaragua 2017

• October – Hurricane Nate causes substantial damage.^[1]

• 30 November – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Siuna is established

Deaths

• 8 June – Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, diplomat, politician and priest, Foreign Minister of Nicaragua and President of the United Nations General Assembly (b. 1933).^[2]