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Anastasio Somoza García

1896 - 1956

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Anastasio Somoza García (1 February 1896 – 29 September 1956) was the leader of Nicaragua from 1937 until his assassination in 1956. He was officially the 21st President of Nicaragua from 1 January 1937 to 1 May 1947 and from 21 May 1950 until his assassination on 29 September 1956, ruling for the rest of the time as an unelected military dictator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anastasio Somoza García has received more than 578,980 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Anastasio Somoza García is the 3,083rd most popular politician (down from 3,040th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Nicaragua (up from 6th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Nicaraguan Politician.

Anastasio Somoza García was the president of Nicaragua from 1967 to 1979. He is most famous for being a dictator who ruled Nicaragua with an iron fist.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Anastasio Somoza García ranks 3,083 out of 15,577. Before him are John George III, Elector of Saxony, Marduk-apla-iddina II, Traian Băsescu, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia, Néstor Kirchner, and Abdurrahman Wahid. After him are Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, Merenre Nemtyemsaf II, Taharqa, Henri, Prince of Condé, Emperor Hui of Jin, and Plaek Phibunsongkhram.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Anastasio Somoza García ranks 40. Before him are John Dos Passos, A. J. Cronin, Herbert Backe, Sandro Pertini, Rolf Maximilian Sievert, and Nobusuke Kishi. After him are David Alfaro Siqueiros, Gottlob Berger, David Wechsler, Léon Theremin, Tina Modotti, and Robert S. Mulliken. Among people deceased in 1956, Anastasio Somoza García ranks 28. Before him are Émile Borel, Josef Hoffmann, Reinhold Glière, Wilhelm Miklas, Bolesław Bierut, and Joseph Wirth. After him are Daniel Swarovski, Alexander Dovzhenko, Elisabeth of Romania, William Boeing, Marie Laurencin, and Mistinguett.

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In Nicaragua

Among people born in Nicaragua, Anastasio Somoza García ranks 5 out of 29. Before him are Daniel Ortega (1945), Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925), Augusto César Sandino (1895), and Rubén Darío (1867). After him are Violeta Chamorro (1929), Ernesto Cardenal (1925), Enrique Bolaños (1928), Luis Somoza Debayle (1922), Barbara Carrera (1945), Arnoldo Alemán (1946), and Bianca Jagger (1945).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nicaragua

Among politicians born in Nicaragua, Anastasio Somoza García ranks 3. Before him are Daniel Ortega (1945) and Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925). After him are Violeta Chamorro (1929), Ernesto Cardenal (1925), Enrique Bolaños (1928), Luis Somoza Debayle (1922), Arnoldo Alemán (1946), Edén Pastora (1936), Juan Bautista Sacasa (1874), José Santos Zelaya (1853), and Emiliano Chamorro Vargas (1871).

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