Benjamín Lacayo Sacasa (27 June 1893 – 4 April 1959) was the

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from 27 May to 15 August 1947. He was born in

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. Lacayo Sacasa was the president of the lower chamber of

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in 1933 and 1947. On 26 May 1947, he was installed with the help of former president

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, the commander of the army, who had become dissatisfied with his recently elected successor,

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. Lacayo served as president for three months. He was a relative of

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, provisional Supreme Director of Nicaragua,

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 Sarria ...

, 10th President, and his son

Juan Bautista Sacasa Juan Bautista Sacasa (21 December 1874 in León, Nicaragua – 17 April 1946 in Los Angeles, California) was the President of Nicaragua from 1 January 1933 to 9 June 1936. He was the eldest son of Roberto Sacasa and Ángela Sacasa Cuadra, the form ...

, 18th President, as well as a cousin of

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, President of Nicaragua from 1 May 1972 to 1 March 1973 and from 1 March 1973 to 1 December 1974, and

Arnoldo Alemán José Arnoldo Alemán Lacayo (born 23 January 1946) is a Nicaraguan politician who served as the 81st president of Nicaragua from 10 January 1997 to 10 January 2002. In 2003, he was convicted of corruption and sentenced to a 20-year prison term ...

, 28th President of Nicaragua. Benjamin Lacayo Sacasa was the brother of Bertha Lacayo Sacaza, she was married to Lisimaco Lacayo Solorzano and they had two children Chester and Will Lacayo Lacayo. Will Lacayo Lacayo was the father of Danilo Lacayo (children Mauricio Lacayo and Danilo Lacayo), Ligia Lacayo (children Karla Vanessa Zuniga Lacayo, Ligia Marcela Zuniga Lacayo and Gianncarlo Ortega), Bertha Lacayo (children Bertha Olivares Lacayo, Karina Olivares Lacayo, Carmen Olivares Lacayo and Ivan Olivares Lacayo) and Tania Lacayo (children Tania Melly Huete Lacayo and Afredo Huete Lacayo).

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1893 births 1959 deaths Presidents of Nicaragua Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Nicaragua) Nationalist Liberal Party politicians {{Nicaragua-politician-stub