Joaquín Antonio Balaguer Ricardo was a Dominican politician,scholar,writer,and lawyer. He was President of the Dominican Republic serving three non-consecutive terms for that office from 1960 to 1962,1966 to 1978,and 1986 to 1996.
The Dominican Republic is a representative democracy,where the President of the Dominican Republic functions as both the head of the government and head of the multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in the bicameral National Congress. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina,nicknamed El Jefe ),was a Dominican military commander and dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from August 1930 until his assassination in May 1961. He served as president from 1930 to 1938 and again from 1942 to 1952,ruling for the rest of his life as an unelected military strongman under figurehead presidents. His rule of 31 years,known to Dominicans as the Trujillo Era,was one of the longest for a non-royal leader in the world,and centered around a personality cult of the ruling family. It was also one of the most brutal;Trujillo's security forces,including the infamous SIM,were responsible for perhaps as many as 50,000 murders. These included between 12,000 and 30,000 Haitians in the infamous Parsley massacre in 1937,which continues to affect Dominican-Haitian relations to this day.
Juan Emilio Bosch y Gaviño was a Dominican politician,historian,writer,essayist,educator,and the first democratically elected president of the Dominican Republic for a brief time in 1963. Previously,he had been the leader of the Dominican opposition in exile to the dictatorial regime of Rafael Trujillo for over 25 years. To this day,he is remembered as an honest politician and regarded as one of the most prominent writers in Dominican literature. He founded both the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) in 1939 and the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) in 1973.
Rafael Hipólito Mejía Domínguez is a Dominican politician who served as President of the Dominican Republic from 2000 to 2004.
The Senate of the Dominican Republic is the upper house in the bicameral legislature of the Dominican Republic,and together with the Chamber of Deputies makes up the Congress.
Leonel Antonio Fernández Reyna is a Dominican lawyer,academic,and was the 50th and 52nd President of the Dominican Republic from 1996 to 2000 and from 2004 to 2012. From 2016 until 2020,he was the President of the EU–LAC Foundation.
The Social Christian Reformist Party is a Christian democratic right-wing political party in the Dominican Republic. It was established on July 24,1984,by the union of Joaquín Balaguer's Partido Reformista and the Partido Revolucionario Social Cristiano. Some of the PRSC's founders and leaders were originally business leaders and Roman Catholics who opposed the communist,socialist,and social democratic tendencies of Juan Bosch,the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) and the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD).
JoséFrancisco Peña Gómez was a politician from the Dominican Republic. He was the leader of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD),a three-time candidate for president of the Dominican Republic and former Mayor of Santo Domingo. He is considered,along with Joaquín Balaguer and Juan Bosch,as one of the most prominent Dominican political figures of the 20th century.
JoséSalvador Omar Jorge Blanco was a politician,lawyer and a writer. He was President of the Dominican Republic,from 1982 to 1986. He was a Senator running for the PRD party. He started his political career as a Committee Secretary for the Unión Cívica de Santiago in 1963 and joined the PRD in 1964.
Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly Fondeur was a lawyer,scholar,diplomat,and,from 1962 until 1963,the President of the Dominican Republic. Before he became president,he was vice president of the country from 1960 to 1962.
Carlos Morales Troncoso was Vice President of the Dominican Republic from 1986 to 1994 and its foreign minister from 2004 to 2014.
Víctor Orlando BisonóHaza nicknamed Ito Bisonó,is a Dominican politician,businessman and current member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic representing the 2nd circunscription of the National District since the year 2002. Bisonówas a member of the Social Christian Reformist Party,and he has been Second Vice President of the Dominican-Haitian Chamber of Commerce.
Elías Wessin y Wessin was a Dominican politician and Dominican Air Force general. Wessin led the military coup which ousted the government of Dominican President Juan Bosch in 1963,replacing it with a triumvirate. Wessin was also a key figure in the ensuing Dominican Civil War,which led to a United States military intervention into and occupation of the Dominican Republic in 1965.
Juan Rafael Estrella Ureña was a Dominican politician and lawyer. He served as the last acting president of the Dominican Republic from March 3,1930,until August 16,1930,when he started to serve as the vice president under Rafael Leónidas Trujillo.
Presidential elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2000. A runoff was to have taken place on 30 June between first-place finisher Hipólito Mejía of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) and runner-up Danilo Medina of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD);former president Joaquín Balaguer of the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC) finished third. However,Medina pulled out of the runoff after concluding he did not have enough support to overcome Mejía's first-round lead,handing the presidency to Mejía. Voter turnout was 76.1%.
General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1986. Joaquín Balaguer of the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC) won the presidential election,whilst the PRSC-led alliance won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 72%.
Jacinto Bienvenido Peynado Garrigosa was a businessman and politician who served as Vice President of the Dominican Republic from 1994 to 1996.
Asela Altagracia Mera Checo de Jorge was a Dominican politician,women's rights activist,and member of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD). She served as the First Lady of the Dominican Republic from 1982 to 1986 during the presidency of her husband,Salvador Jorge Blanco. Asela Mera was known for her focus on social issues,women's rights,and prison reform during her tenure as first lady.
María de los Ángeles Trinidad de Moya Pérez,known as just Trina de Moya,was a Dominican Republic poet and writer. She served as the First Lady of the Dominican Republic as the wife of President Horacio Vásquez for three nonconsecutive terms. De Moya was the first Dominican presidential wife to be called "first lady",a title which came into widespread public usage during her third tenure from 1924 to 1930.
