# Anastasio Somoza García Founder of the Somoza family dictatorship of Nicaragua, ruling from 1936 until his assassination in 1956 through control of the US-trained National Guard. The dynasty (continued by his sons) is the archetypal US-backed personalist kleptocracy later overthrown by the Sandinistas. > [!info] Stub — created 2026-06-21 as a link target for [[Dictators in World History Hub]]. Expand with biography, path to power, and right-wing reception.