Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, who has been in power since 2007, has proposed extending the presidential term by another year. The government-controlled National Assembly is expected to approve the extension in September. During Ortega's 19 years in power, there have been several changes to the presidential term already. In 2014, the country's National Assembly scrapped presidential term limits and in 2024 it extended the term from five to six years. It thereby paved the way for her to assume as president should Ortega, who is believed to be in frail health, be declared "permanently absent".