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Juan Bosch | |
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President of the Dominican Republic | |
In office 27 February 1963 – 25 September 1963 | |
Vice President | Armando González Tamayo |
Preceded by | Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly |
Succeeded by | Dominican Provisional Government Junta |
Personal details | |
Born | La Vega, Dominican Republic | 30 June 1909
Died | 1 November 2001 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | (aged 92)
Political party | Revolutionary (1939–73) Liberation (1973–2001) |
Spouse(s) | Isabel García (m. 1934–1943?) Carmen Quidiello (m. 1943–2001; his death) |
Juan Emilio Bosch y Gaviño (30 June 1909 – 1 November 2001) 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[1][2][3] and regarded as one of the most prominent writers in Dominican literature.[4][5][6] He founded both the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) in 1939 and the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) in 1973.