Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Somoza Debayle, Luis
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Somoza Debayle, Luis, 1922-1967
Other form(s) of name
- Luis Somoza Debayle
- Somoza, Luis
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1922-1967
History
Luis Somoza Debayle was President of Nicaragua from 1956-1963. The eldest son of the former dictator, Anastasio Somoza Garcia, he was a nationalist and a supporter of some liberal social reforms. At the same time, he was anti-communist and supported the United States in their Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba. Somoza resided in the capital of Managua, Nicaragua.