Diplomat. A 1932 graduate of the University of León, Sevilla Sacasa was elected to the Nicaraguan Chamber of Deputies in 1934. In 1943 he married Lillian Somoza Debayle, daughter of Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza García. That same year he was appointed Nicaraguan Ambassador to the United States, a post he held for 36 years and through eight American presidents until 1979. As a result of his lengthy service, he was appointed Dean of the Diplomatic Service in Washington DC from 1958 until 1979. In addition to his post in the United States, he served as the Nicaraguan representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) and to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He was forced out of his post following the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua and the collapse of the regime of his brother-in-law, Anastasio Somoza Debayle. He spent the remainder of his life in the United States.
Diplomat. A 1932 graduate of the University of León, Sevilla Sacasa was elected to the Nicaraguan Chamber of Deputies in 1934. In 1943 he married Lillian Somoza Debayle, daughter of Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza García. That same year he was appointed Nicaraguan Ambassador to the United States, a post he held for 36 years and through eight American presidents until 1979. As a result of his lengthy service, he was appointed Dean of the Diplomatic Service in Washington DC from 1958 until 1979. In addition to his post in the United States, he served as the Nicaraguan representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) and to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He was forced out of his post following the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua and the collapse of the regime of his brother-in-law, Anastasio Somoza Debayle. He spent the remainder of his life in the United States.
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