Lorenzo Guerrero Gutiérrez (13 November 1900 – 15 April 1981) was a

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politician and a close associate of Somoza family. Guerrero was the president of the upper chamber of

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1949–1950, 1953–1954, 1956-1957 and 1962. Guerrero served as one of the

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in the administration of

René Schick René Schick Gutiérrez (23 November 1909 – 3 August 1966) was President of Nicaragua from 1 May 1963 to 3 August 1966, but was considered a puppet politician of Luis Somoza. He was born in León, Nicaragua León () is the second largest ...

from May 1963 to August 1966 and became

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on 4 August 1966 following the death of Schick.History of Vicepresidency
Guerrero served the remainder of Schick's term and handed over the presidency to

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 ...

on 1 May 1967, who in turn appointed Guerrero as his Foreign Minister. He was a relative of his predecessor

References

Rulers.org – Foreign ministers L–R
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