José Daniel Ortega Saavedra is a Nicaraguan politician who has been President of Nicaragua since 2007. He previously led the country from 1979 to 1990 as Coordinator of the Junta of National Reconstruction and later as president. As a leader in the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), his policies have often been characterized as socialist. His later presidencies have been marked by increasing authoritarianism, international condemnation, and accusations of human rights abuses.