José Trinidad Muñoz was a Nicaraguan military general who served as the de facto military leader of Nicaragua in 1845, and again from 1847 to 1855, preceded by Casto Fonseca.

José Laureano Pineda Ugarte was a Nicaraguan lawyer and politician who, as a Senator in the Legislative Assembly and member of the Democratic Party, was appointed to serve as 7th and later 8th Supreme Director of the State of Nicaragua on three occasions. originally elected on 1 April 1851, later in dissidence in Honduras after being removed from office as a result of a military coup led by José Trinidad Muñoz, and finally alongside Fulgencio Vega from 11 November the same year.