Roberto Sacasa Sarria was the President

President of Nicaragua

The position of President of Nicaragua was created in the Constitution of 1854. From 1825 until the Constitution of 1838 the title of the position was known as Head of State and from 1838 to 1854 as Supreme Director .-Heads of State of Nicaragua within the Federal Republic of Central America...

 of Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...

 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

Benjamín Lacayo Sacasa

Benjamín Lacayo Sacasa was the President of Nicaragua from 27 May to 15 August 1947.He was a relative of Silvestre Selva, 17th President of Nicaragua, Roberto Sacasa, 44th and 46th President, and his son Juan Bautista Sacasa, 63rd President, as well as a cousin of Roberto Martínez Lacayo, 74th and...

, 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

Joaquín Zavala

Joaquín Zavala Solís was the President of Nicaragua from 1 March 1879 to 1 March 1883 and from 16 to 25 July 1893...

 in 1893 led to liberal José Santos Zelaya

José Santos Zelaya

José Santos Zelaya López was the President of Nicaragua from 25 July 1893 to 21 December 1909.-Early life:He was a son of José María Zelaya Irigoyen, born in Nicaragua, and mistress Juana López Ramírez...

 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
    Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa
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• Casimira Sacasa Sacasa, married to Dr. Luis Henri Debayle Pallais, son of French
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   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
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      , 73rd and 76th President of Nicaragua, and had issue
    • Nestor Portocarrero Debayle (b. Tampa
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      , Hillsborough County
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      , Florida
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      )
  • Salvadora Debayle Sacasa, married to Anastasio Somoza García
    Anastasio Somoza García
    Anastasio Somoza García was officially the 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 1936 until his assassination.-Biography:Somoza was born in San Marcos, Carazo Department in Nicaragua, the son of...
    
    , 65th and 69th President of Nicaragua, and had issue