Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Anastasio Somoza Debayle

President of Nicaragua

Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1925

Place of Birth: León, León Department, Nicaragua

Date of Death: 17-Sep-1980

Profession: politician

Nationality: Nicaragua

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza DeBayle (Spanish: [anas'tasjo so'mosa ðe'ßaile]; 5 December 1925 – 17 September 1980) was a Nicaraguan dictator and officially 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 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.
After being overthrown in an insurrection led by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (Spanish: Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional; FSLN), he fled Nicaragua and power was ceded to the Junta of National Reconstruction.
He was eventually assassinated while in exile in Paraguay.