Ruler · 1896 – 1956

Anastasio Somoza García

Lived 1896 – 1956; politician. President of Nicaragua (Nicaragua), 1937 – 1947 and 1 more term; also in the line of Somoza family.

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Lived: 1896 – 1956; 60 years
In office: 16 years; 2 reigns
Lines: 2; states
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Nicaragua

Nicaragua · the 39th and 44th of 58 dated reigns · 1854 – 2025

35 before

Juan Bautista Sacasa1933 – 1936

Julián Irías Sandres1936

Carlos Alberto Brenes1936 – 1937

Anastasio Somoza García1937 – 1947

Benjamín Lacayo Sacasa1947

Leonardo Argüello Barreto1947

Víctor Manuel Román y Reyes1947 – 1950

Manuel Fernando Zurita1950

Anastasio Somoza García1950 – 1956

Luis Somoza Debayle1956 – 1963

René Schick1963 – 1966

Orlando Montenegro Medrano1966

11 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1937 – 1947 · 10 years · came to it aged 41 · term 1 of 2

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1947; they died in 1956

Reigned 1950 – 1956 · 6 years · came to it aged 54 · term 2 of 2

Left it: killed in officeWikidata's manner of death: homicide; gunshot wound

Also in the line of Somoza family (1st of 4).

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