Anastasio Somoza Deybale

Anastasio Somoza DeBayle (December 5, 1925 to September 17, 1980) was a Nicaraguan dictator from May 1, 1967 to May 1, 1972 and from December 1, 1974 to July 17, 1979.. As head of the National Guard, he was de facto governor of the country from 1967 to 1979. He was the last member of the Somoza family to be president, ending a dynasty that had been in power since 1936. After being overthrown in an insurrection led by the Sandinista National Liberation Front fled Nicaragua to Paraguay. Finally he was ambushed and killed in exile in Paraguay when he received an impact from an RPG-7.