Fulgencio Vega

Fulgencio de la Vega y Santos (5 November 1805 – 1 August 1868) nicknamed "Tata Vega" was a Conservative Nicaraguan politician that is often credited with moving the Nicaraguan capital to Managua. He served as 9th Supreme Director from November 1851 to 1852. He was preceded by José de Jesús Alfaro and succeeded by José Laureano Pineda Ugarte.

Background He was born in Granada on 5 November 1805 from the marriage of Deogracias de la Vega y Fajardo with Josefina Santos Argüello. He married Mercedes Vega Chamorro who was his first cousin, daughter of his paternal uncle, Francisco la Vega and Fajardo with Josefa Chamorro, the illustrious hero of 11 November 1811.

Early Military Career Vega, a lifelong conservative, supported Brigadier General Fruto Chamorro. He exemplified the stereotype of the typical Creole leader. Vega’s friends called him energetic, cunning, brave, and nicknamed him "Borbollón" because he spoke loudly.

Vega participated in politics young age. When Colonel Cleto Ordóñez launched the first social revolution in Nicaragua, Vega, who was only 19, saw how the Oligarchs were persecuted and snatched and rolled on the ground.