Roberto Sacasa Explained

Roberto Sacasa Sarria
Office:President of Nicaragua
Term Start:5 August 1889
Term End:1 January 1891
Successor:Ignacio Chávez
Term Start1:1 March 1891
Term End1:11 July 1893
Predecessor1:Ignacio Chávez
Birth Name:Roberto Sacasa Sarria
Birth Date:27 February 1840
Birth Place:El Viejo, Federal Republic of Central America
Death Place:Managua, Nicaragua
Spouse:Ángela Sacasa Cuadra
Party:Conservative
Occupation:Physician
Nationality:Nicaraguan
Relations:Silvestre Selva Sacasa (maternal grand-relative)

Roberto Sacasa Sarria (27 February 1840 – 2 June 1896) was the President of Nicaragua from 5 August 1889 to 1 January 1891 and again from 1 March 1891 to 11 July 1893.[1]

Ancestry

He was the son of Juan Bautista Sacasa Méndez and Casimira Sarria Montealegre, daughter of Ramón de Sarria y Reyes and Francisca Montealegre Romero (sister to Mariano Montealegre y Romero), themselves the offspring of Mariano Ignacio Montealegre Balmaceda and Casimira Romero Sáenz. Casimira was the daughter of Cecilio Antonio Romero Parajeles and Bárbara Sáenz Bonilla. Barbara, in turn, was the daughter of Manuel Sáenz Vázquez and Ana Antonia Bonilla Astúa, herself the daughter of Juan Bonilla Pereira and Francisca Astúa Cháves de Alfaro. Francisca was the daughter of Juan Astúa and Ana Cháves de Alfaro.

His brother Antioco Sacasa Sarria married Ramona Sacasa Cuadra, sister of Angela Sacasa Cuadra his wife.

He was a maternal relative of Silvestre Selva Sacasa, Supreme Director of Nicaragua appointed by the invading forces of Francisco Malespín during the Malespín's War, and Benjamín Lacayo Sacasa, acting President of Nicaragua during the 1940s.

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 in 1893 led to liberal José Santos Zelaya coming to power, ending 35 years of conservative rule.

Marriage and issue

He married his cousin Ángela Sacasa Cuadra and had:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gobernantes de Nicaragua. https://web.archive.org/web/20121009181920/http://www.mined.gob.ni/gobern23.php. dead. 9 October 2012. 9 December 2012. Ministerio de Educación.