Joaquín Zavala Solís
President of Nicaragua
In office 16 July 1893 – 25 July 1893 (Acting)
Preceded by	Salvador Machado (Acting)
Succeeded by	José Santos Zelaya
In office 1 March 1879 – 1 March 1883
Preceded by	Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro
Succeeded by	Adán Cárdenas
Personal details
Born	Joaquín Zavala Solís (1835-10-30)30 October 1835 Managua, Federal Republic of Central America
Died	30 December 1906(1906-12-30) (aged 71) Managua, Nicaragua
Nationality	Nicaraguan
Political party	Conservative
Occupation	Politician

Joaquín Zavala Solís (30 November 1835 in Managua – 30 December 1906 in Managua) was the President of Nicaragua from 1 March 1879 to 1 March 1883 and from 16 July to 15 September 1893. He was a member of the Conservative Party of Nicaragua.^[1]

He is now remembered especially for having thwarted the request of the young Rubén Darío, later to become one of the most well-known Spanish-language poets, for a government scholarship to study in Europe. In 1882 Darío, then 15 years old, read some of his poetry to a group including the President - whereupon Zavala reportedly reproved him: "My son, if you so write against the religion of your fathers and their homeland now, what will become of you if you go to Europe and learn worse things?"^[2]

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