Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa (September 11, 1908, Leon, Nicaragua – December 16, 1997

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to the

from 1943 until July 19, 1979, when President

Anastasio Somoza Debayle Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle (; 5 December 1925 – 17 September 1980) was 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 ...

was forced into exile following the Nicaraguan Revolution. As a result of his record-breaking service as ambassador in

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, he was appointed Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, a position he held from January 1958 to July 1979. He was the son of J. Ramón Sevilla Castellón and wife Dolores Sacasa Sacasa, daughter of

Roberto Sacasa Roberto Sacasa Sarria (27 February 1840 – 2 June 1896) was the President of Nicaragua from 5 August 1889 to 1 January 1891 and again from 1 March 1891 to 11 July 1893. Ancestry He was the son of Juan Bautista Sacasa Méndez and Casimira Sarri ...

, 44th and 46th

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, and wife and cousin Ángela Sacasa Cuadra. Known as the "world's most decorated ambassador", he was a

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and

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of the lower chamber of

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. He also served as Ambassador to the U.S. for 36 years under eight American Presidents and eleven Secretaries of State, a singularly unique and unprecedented achievement, unmatched to this day. In 1943, Sevilla-Sacasa married

Lillian Somoza Debayle Lillian ("'Lilly"' or "'Lilita"') Somoza de Sevilla Sacasa, born Lillian Ada de la Cruz Somoza Debayle (May 3, 1921 – May 17, 2003) was a member of the Somoza family in Nicaragua. She was the daughter of dictatorial president Anastasio Somo ...

, born in

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, on May 3, 1921, the daughter of

Anastasio Somoza García Anastasio Somoza García (1 February 1896 – 29 September 1956) was the leader of Nicaragua from 1937 until his assassination in 1956. He was only officially the 21st President of Nicaragua from 1 January 1937 to 1 May 1947 and from 21 May 19 ...

, the 65th and 69th President of Nicaragua, and Salvadora Debayle Sacasa, and had nine children.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sevilla-Sacasa, Guillermo 1908 births 1997 deaths Nicaraguan people of Spanish descent Ambassadors of Nicaragua to the United States Deans of the Diplomatic Corps to the United States Cold War diplomats Nicaraguan judges Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Nicaragua) People from Potomac, Maryland