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Ramfis Trujillo | |
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Generalissimo of the Dominican Republic | |
In office 1 June 1961 – 17 November 1961 | |
Preceded by | Rafael Trujillo |
Succeeded by | Position abolished, succeeded by President Joaquín Balaguer |
Personal details | |
Born | Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Martínez 5 June 1929 Dominican Republic |
Died | 27 December 1969 Madrid, Spain | (aged 40)
Spouse | |
Relations | Rafael Trujillo (father) Porfirio Rubirosa (brother-in-law) Ramfis Domínguez-Trujillo (nephew) |
Children | 6 |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Dominican Republic |
Branch/service | Dominican Army |
Rank | General |
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Martínez (5 June 1929 – 27 December 1969), better known as Ramfis Trujillo Martínez, was the son of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, dictator of the Dominican Republic, after whose 1961 assassination he briefly held power. Nominally an army general, he lived the life of a reckless and spoiled playboy like his friend and sometime brother-in-law Porfirio Rubirosa. Remembered for his ruthlessness and cruelty, he went into exile in Spain, where he died of wounds ten days after crashing a sports car.