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Anastasio Somoza Debayle
Person

Anastasio Somoza Debayle

Specialty
Acting
Birth
December 5, 1925 · 54 years
Death
September 17, 1980
Origin
Leon, Nicaragua

Professional Trajectory

Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle (5 December 1925 – 17 September 1980) was the 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 between 1972 and 1974, even during the period when he was not the de jure ruler.

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