Anastasio Somoza Garc%C3%ADa

Anastasio Tacho Somoza Garca was officially the President of Nicaragua fromJanuary 1937 toMay 1947 and fromMay 1950 toSeptember 1956, but ruled effectively as dictator from 1936 until his assassination. Anastasio Somoza started a dynasty that maintained absolute control over Nicaragua for 44 years.

Somoza was born in San Marcos, Carazo Department in Nicaragua, the son of Anastasio Somoza Reyes, a wealthy coffee planter, and Julia Garca, and a grandson of Anastasio Somoza Martnez and Isabel Reyes. As a teenager, he was sent to live with relatives in Philadelphia, where he attended the Peirce School of Business Administration . While living in Philadelphia, he met his future wife, Salvadora Debayle Sacasa, a member of one of Nicaraguas wealthiest families, daughter of Dr. Luis Henri Debayle Pallais and wife Casimira Sacasa Sacasa, daughter of Roberto Sacasa Sarria, 44th and 46th President of Nicaragua, and wife and cousin ngela Sacasa Cuadra. After returning to Nicaragua, he was unsuccessful as a businessman.

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