Anastasio Somoza Debayle

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Anastasio (Tachito) Somoza DeBayle (Spanish pronunciation: [anasˈtasjo soˈmosa ðeˈβaile]) (5 December 1925 – 17 September 1980) was a Nicaraguan dictator and officially the 73rd and 76th President of Nicaragua from 1 May 1967 to 1 May 1972 and from 1 December 1974 to 17 July 1979. As head of the National Guard he was de facto ruler of the country from 1967 to 1979. He was the last member of the Somoza family to be President ending a dynasty that had been in power since 1936.

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active years end date

1972-05-01, 1979-07-17

active years start date

1967-05-01, 1974-12-01

birth date

1925-12-05

birth place

León Nicaragua

death date

1980-09-17

death place

Paraguay, Asunción

order in office

President of Nicaragua

party

Nationalist Liberal Party

spouse

Hope Portocarrero

successor

Liberal-Conservative Junta, Francisco Urcuyo

vice president

Francisco Urcuyo, Alfonso_Callejas_Desh%C3%B3n