politics
May 8, 2026
Sergio Ramírez, candidate for chair L of the RAE to replace Mario Vargas Llosa
Nicaraguan writer Sergio Ramírez will be proclaimed candidate for chair L of the Royal Spanish Academy, vacant after the death of Mario Vargas Llosa
TL;DR
- Sergio Ramírez is a candidate for chair L of the Royal Spanish Academy.
- The position became vacant after the death of Mario Vargas Llosa.
- His candidacy is supported by academics Víctor García de la Concha, Luis Mateo Díez, and Santiago Muñoz Machado.
- Ramírez, a Cervantes Prize winner, has been a resident of Spain since 2018.
- He was stripped of his Nicaraguan nationality in 2023.
- The proclamation of his candidacy will occur in a plenary session, with the reading of merits on May 14 and the final vote on May 21.
- Ramírez was involved in the Sandinista revolution and served as vice president in Daniel Ortega's first government.