Reyna Rueda

Reyna Rueda Alvarado (born 6 January 1970) is a Nicaraguan politician. A member of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), she has served as mayor of Managua since 2018.

Early life Rueda studied business administration at the Central American University (UCA).

Career Rueda was serving as a member of the Managua city council as of 2017. She was elected mayor on 5 November of that year with 87.64% of the vote, and sworn into office on 4 January 2018, to serve a four-year term. Domestically, she faced criticism for her travel after billing the city of Managua 2.3 million córdobas (about $65,000 USD) for airplane tickets to 23 countries. As of 2017, the annual budget for the city was 5.19 million córdobas. They have two children.