Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa

Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa (1908 – Potomac, Montgomery County, Maryland, December 16, 1997) was the Nicaraguan ambassador to the United States from 1943 until 1979, when President Anastasio Somoza Debayle was ousted from Nicaragua.[1] As a result of his record breaking service as ambassador in Washington, D.C., he was appointed Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, a position he held until July 1979.

He was the son of J. Ramón Sevilla Castellón and wife Dolores Sacasa Sacasa, daughter of Roberto Sacasa, 44th and 46th President of Nicaragua, and wife and cousin Ángela Sacasa Cuadra.

Known as the "world's most decorated ambassador", he was a judge and Speaker of the Nicaraguan House.[2] He also served as Ambassador to the U.S. for 36 years under 8 American Presidents and 11 Secretaries of State.

In 1943, Sevilla-Sacasa married Lillian Somoza Debayle, born in León, Nicaragua, on May 3, 1921, daughter of Anastasio Somoza García, 65th and 69th President of Nicaragua, and wife Salvadora Debayle Sacasa, and had nine children:

References

  1. ^ "Daughter of former Nicaraguan strongman dies in Washington". The Miami Herald. http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/nicaragua/lillian.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-17. 
  2. ^ "Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa, 89, Latin Envoy". The New York Times. December 22, 1997. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E00EFDF143EF931A15751C1A961958260. Retrieved 2008-01-17.