Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa

Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa (1908 – December 16, 1997 in Potomac, MD) was Nicaraguan Ambassador to the United States from 1943 until 1979, when President Anastasio Somoza Debayle was ousted from Nicaragua. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Daughter of former Nicaraguan strongman dies in Washington | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/nicaragua/lillian.htm | work =The Miami Herald | pages = | accessdate = 2008-01-17 | language = ] Because of his long service as ambassador to Washington, he was appointed Dean of the Diplomatic Service. He married Lillian Somoza DeBayle, the daughter of the Nicaraguan Dictator Anastasio Somoza García, in 1943. They had nine children together.

He was a judge and Speaker of the (Nicaraguan) House. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title= Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa, 89, Latin Envoy | date= | publisher= | url =http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E00EFDF143EF931A15751C1A961958260 | work =The New York Times | pages = | accessdate = 2008-01-17 | language = ] He also served as Ambassador to the U.S. for 36 years under 8 American Presidents and 11 Secretaries of State. His son, Eduardo Sevilla Somoza was Nicaragua's Ambassador to the United Nations from 2000-2007.

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