Roberto Sacasa

Roberto Sacasa Sarria (1840 – 1896) was the President of Nicaragua from 5 August 1889 to 1 January 1891 and again the 46th from 1 March 1891 to 11 July 1893.

Ancestry

He was the son of Juan Bautista Sacasa Méndez and wife Casimira Sarria Montealegre, daughter of Ramón de Sarria y Reyes and wife Francisca Montealegre Romero, daughter of Mariano Ignacio Montealegre Balmaceda and wife Casimira Romero Sáenz, daughter of Cecilio Antonio Romero Parajeles and wife Bárbara Sáenz Bonilla, daughter of Manuel Sáenz Vázquez and wife Ana Antonia Bonilla Astúa, daughter of Juan Bonilla Pereira and wife Francisca Astúa Cháves de Alfaro, daughter of Juan Astúa and wife Ana Cháves de Alfaro, married secondly to Juan de Vidamartel and daughter of Cristóbal de Cháves and wife María de Alfaro, daughter of Cristóbal de Alfaro and wife Catalina Gutiérrez Xaramillo.

He was a relative of Silvestre Selva Sacasa, 17th President of Nicaragua, and Benjamín Lacayo Sacasa, 67th President of Nicaragua.

Political career

Sacasa, a member of the Conservative Party, had many problems due to a split within the conservatives. A rebellion by ex-president Joaquín Zavala in 1893 led to liberal José Santos Zelaya coming to power, ending 35 years of conservative rule.

Marriage and issue

He married his cousin Ángela Sacasa Cuadra and had:

Juan Bautista Sacasa Sacasa, 63rd President of Nicaragua
Dolores Sacasa Sacasa, married to Ramón Sevilla Castellón, and had:
- Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa
Casimira Sacasa Sacasa, married to Dr. Luis Henri Debayle Pallais, son of French Luis Henri Debayle Montgolfier and wife Salvadora Pallais y Bermúdez, and had:
- Blanca Debayle Sacasa, married to Dr. Nestor Portocarrero Gross, and had:
  - Hope Portocarrero Debayle, married to her first cousin Anastasio Somoza Debayle, 73rd and 76th President of Nicaragua, and had issue
  - Nestor Portocarrero Debayle (b. Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida)
- Salvadora Debayle Sacasa, married to Anastasio Somoza García, 65th and 69th President of Nicaragua, and had issue

Political offices
Preceded by Position established	Vice President of Nicaragua 1887-1889	Succeeded by Anastasio Ortiz
Preceded by Nicolás Osorno	President of Nicaragua 1889-1891	Succeeded by Ignacio Chávez
Preceded by Ignacio Chávez	President of Nicaragua 1891-1893	Succeeded by Salvador Machado

Presidents and heads of state of Nicaragua

Fruto Chamorro Francisco Castellón¹ Nazario Escoto¹ José María Estrada Patricio Rivas William Walker Patricio Rivas Tomás Martínez and Máximo Jerez Junta Fernando Guzmán José Vicente Cuadra Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Joaquín Zavala Adán Cárdenas Evaristo Carazo Nicolás Osorno Roberto Sacasa Ignacio Chávez López Roberto Sacasa Junta Salvador Machado Joaquín Zavala José Santos Zelaya José Madriz José Dolores Estrada Luis Mena Juan José Estrada Adolfo Díaz Emiliano Chamorro Diego Manuel Chamorro Rosendo Chamorro Bartolomé Martínez Carlos José Solórzano Emiliano Chamorro Sebastián Uriza Adolfo Díaz José María Moncada Juan Bautista Sacasa Carlos Alberto Brenes Anastasio Somoza García Leonardo Argüello Benjamín Lacayo Víctor Manuel Román Manuel Fernando Zurita Anastasio Somoza García Luis Somoza René Schick Orlando Montenegro Lorenzo Guerrero Anastasio Somoza Debayle Liberal-Conservative Junta Anastasio Somoza Debayle Francisco Urcuyo Junta of National Reconstruction Daniel Ortega Violeta Chamorro Arnoldo Alemán Enrique Bolaños Daniel Ortega

¹ in León.

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