| Date - Field | Nicaragua - Judicial branch |
2012 January Judicial branch | Supreme Court or Corte Suprema de Justicia (16 judges elected for five-year terms by the National Assembly); note - in 2010, President Ortega directly replaced seven justices on the Supreme Court |
2011 January Judicial branch | Supreme Court or Corte Suprema de Justicia (16 judges elected for five-year terms by the National Assembly) |
2010 January Judicial branch | Supreme Court or Corte Suprema de Justicia (16 judges elected for five-year terms by the National Assembly) |
2009 January Judicial branch | Supreme Court or Corte Suprema de Justicia (16 judges elected for five-year terms by the National Assembly) |
2008 January Judicial branch | Supreme Court or Corte Suprema de Justicia (16 judges elected for five-year terms by the National Assembly) |
2007 January Judicial branch | Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (16 judges elected for five-year terms by the National Assembly) |
2006 January Judicial branch | Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (16 judges elected for five-year terms by the National Assembly) |
2005 January Judicial branch | Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (16 judges elected for five-year terms by the National Assembly) |
2004 January Judicial branch | Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (16 judges elected for five-year terms by the National Assembly) |
2003 January Judicial branch | Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (16 judges elected for five-year terms by the National Assembly) |
2002 January Judicial branch | Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (16 judges elected for five-year terms by the National Assembly) |
2001 January Judicial branch | Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (16 judges elected for seven-year terms by the National Assembly) |
2000 January Judicial branch | Supreme Court or Corte Suprema, 16 judges elected for seven-year terms by the National Assembly |