Ruler · 1893 – 1959

Benjamín Lacayo Sacasa

Lived 1893 – 1959; politician. President of Nicaragua (Nicaragua), 1947.

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Lived: 1893 – 1959; 66 years
Lines: 1; Nicaragua
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Nicaragua

Nicaragua · the 40th of 58 dated reigns · 1854 – 2025

36 before

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

15 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 1947 · under a year · came to it aged 54

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1947; they died in 1959

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