Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Jose Francisco LOPEZ CENTENO

Aliases

CHICO LOPEZ

Position

Treasurer of Sandinista Party | Minister (Advisory) of Production and Trade

Nationality

Nicaragua

DoB

1950-09-17

Address

Nicaragua

Reg. ID

C0915261 , Nicaragua

Official reason

LOPEZ CENTENO was a high-ranking public official and Vice President of state-owned ALBANISA. He has been involved in serious corruption by presiding over misappropriation during his leadership whereby public funds were diverted to fake companies, or inflated projects. He has been responsible for serious corruption, and facilitated or supported it. ...

Other Information

The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

Date of listing

2021-04-26

Program information

Authority

UK

Program

The Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021

Regime

UK horizontal

Target State

Anti-Corruption

Measures

Asset freeze and making available provisions, Travel bans

Sanctions Portfolio

• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are n...

Official Information

The Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021 put in place sanctions measures to prevent and combat serious corruption. These regulations have replaced the Misappropriation (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 concerning misappropriation of State funds from any country outside the UK. Those persons who are designated under this regime a...

Additional Details

Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 5 of the Regulations.

Program URL

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/488