# Anastasio Somoza García

_Dictator of Nicaragua from 1936 to 1956_

Canonical: https://diginpl.com/people/anastasio-somoza-garcia
Last updated: 2026-11-10

> Anastasio Somoza García was the leader of Nicaragua from 1936 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. He was the patriarch of the Somoza family, which ruled Nicaragua as a family dictatorship for 42 years.

## Related

- [Alexis Argüello](https://diginpl.com/people/alexis-arguello)
- [José Francisco Montes](https://diginpl.com/people/jose-francisco-montes)
- [José María Guerrero de Arcos](https://diginpl.com/people/jose-maria-guerrero-de-arcos)
- [Adolfo Díaz](https://diginpl.com/people/adolfo-diaz)
- [Adán Cárdenas](https://diginpl.com/people/adan-cardenas)
- [Anastasio Somoza Debayle](https://diginpl.com/people/anastasio-somoza-debayle)
- [Arnoldo Alemán](https://diginpl.com/people/arnoldo-aleman)
- [Bartolomé Martínez](https://diginpl.com/people/bartolome-martinez)
- [Benito Morales](https://diginpl.com/people/benito-morales)
- [Benito Rosales](https://diginpl.com/people/benito-rosales)
- [Benjamín Lacayo Sacasa](https://diginpl.com/people/benjamin-lacayo-sacasa)
- [Benjamín Zeledón](https://diginpl.com/people/benjamin-zeledon)

## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Anastasio Somoza García](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasio_Somoza_Garc%C3%ADa) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Anastasio Somoza García, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence.

## Cite this page

"Anastasio Somoza García". DigiNepal. Last updated 10 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/anastasio-somoza-garcia. Retrieved 10 November 2026.