José Rizo Castellón

José Rizo Castellón (27 September 1944 – 23 April 2019) was a Nicaraguan politician, affiliated with the Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC). Rizo was a lawyer trained at the Universidad Centroamericana of Managua in Nicaragua; he also studied in the London School of Economics.

Biography Rizo was nominated as the PLC's presidential candidate for the 2006 election in which he finished in third place behind Daniel Ortega and Eduardo Montealegre, receiving 25.11% of the vote. Rizo previously served as Vice President of Nicaragua under Enrique Bolaños, from 10 January 2002 until he resigned in 2005 to pursue the presidency in the November 2006 elections. José Antonio Alvarado was his vice-presidential running mate. He died of a terminal illness on 23 April 2019 in Santiago, Chile, at the age of 74.