Somoza family
Anastasio "Tacho" Somoza García (1 February 1896 – 29 September 1956) was officially the 21st President of Nicaragua from 1 January 1937 to 1 May 1947 and from 21 May 1950 to 29 September 1956, but ruled effectively as dictator from 1937 until his assassination. Anastasio Somoza started the Somoza family, a family dictatorship that maintained absolute control over Nicaragua for 42 years.