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Luis Somoza Debayle

1922 - 1967

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Luis Anastasio Somoza Debayle (18 November 1922 – 13 April 1967) was the 50th President of Nicaragua from 1957 until his resignation in 1963. He succeeded to the presidency following the death of his father, Anastasio Somoza García. The Somoza family was the most powerful family in the country at that time. Somoza Debayle was born in León on 18 November 1922. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luis Somoza Debayle is the 9,282nd most popular politician (down from 7,647th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Nicaragua (down from 10th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Nicaraguan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Luis Somoza Debayle ranks 9,282 out of 19,576. Before him are Arnulf, Count of Holland, Battus I of Cyrene, Henry Berengar, Garibald, Cleomenes II, and Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins. After him are Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria, Al-Akhtal al-Taghlibi, François de Charette, Louis of Nassau, Hypatius, and Achaemenes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Luis Somoza Debayle ranks 160. Before him are Guy Thys, Kevin Roche, Michel Henry, Vasili Mitrokhin, Esther Brand, and Margherita Hack. After him are Anatoli Papanov, Michael Ansara, Bea Arthur, Hussein Onn, Susanna Agnelli, and Maila Nurmi. Among people deceased in 1967, Luis Somoza Debayle ranks 107. Before him are Walter Weiß, Robert J. Van de Graaff, Dorothy Parker, Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, Ferenc Münnich, and Ivan Isakov. After him are Martine Carol, Iona Nikitchenko, Joseph Cardijn, George S. Robertson, George Lincoln Rockwell, and George Kelly.

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In Nicaragua

Among people born in Nicaragua, Luis Somoza Debayle ranks 11 out of 34. Before him are Violeta Chamorro (1929), Rubén Darío (1867), Ernesto Cardenal (1925), Enrique Bolaños (1928), Barbara Carrera (1945), and Leopoldo Brenes (1949). After him are Arnoldo Alemán (1946), Bianca Jagger (1945), Claribel Alegría (1924), Miguel Obando y Bravo (1926), Sergio Ramírez (1942), and Gioconda Belli (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nicaragua

Among politicians born in Nicaragua, Luis Somoza Debayle ranks 7. Before him are Daniel Ortega (1945), Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925), Anastasio Somoza García (1896), Violeta Chamorro (1929), Ernesto Cardenal (1925), and Enrique Bolaños (1928). After him are Arnoldo Alemán (1946), José Santos Zelaya (1853), Emiliano Chamorro Vargas (1871), Juan Bautista Sacasa (1874), Edén Pastora (1936), and José María Moncada (1870).

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