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Joaquín Balaguer

1906 - 2002

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Joaquín Antonio Balaguer Ricardo (1 September 1906 – 14 July 2002) was a Dominican politician, scholar, writer, and lawyer who was the 41st, 45th and 49th president of the Dominican Republic serving three non-consecutive terms from 1960 to 1962, 1966 to 1978, and 1986 to 1996. He previously served as the 24th vice president under President Héctor Trujillo from 1957 to 1960. His enigmatic, secretive personality was inherited from the Trujillo era, as well as his desire to perpetuate himself in power through dubious elections and state terrorism, and he was considered to be a caudillo. His regime of terror claimed 11,000 victims who were either tortured or forcibly disappeared and killed. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joaquín Balaguer is the 6,276th most popular politician (down from 5,835th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Dominican Republic (up from 4th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dominican Politician.

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Among politicians, Joaquín Balaguer ranks 6,276 out of 19,576. Before him are John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg, Yang Kaihui, Theudoald, Louise of France, William V, Duke of Aquitaine, and Gondioc. After him are Porcius Festus, Lestek, Gerardo Machado, Diane de France, Glafcos Clerides, and Martina.

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Among people born in 1906, Joaquín Balaguer ranks 93. Before him are Lillian Asplund, Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Primo Carnera, Nazim al-Qudsi, Muzafer Sherif, and John Carradine. After him are Franz Hössler, Piero Taruffi, Heinz Harmel, Junio Valerio Borghese, Curtis LeMay, and Eleanor Hibbert. Among people deceased in 2002, Joaquín Balaguer ranks 71. Before him are Stephen Jay Gould, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Sohn Kee-chung, Abba Eban, Katy Jurado, and John Frankenheimer. After him are Infanta Beatriz of Spain, Kim Hunter, Henri Verneuil, Joe Strummer, Velibor Vasović, and Pierre Werner.

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In Dominican Republic

Among people born in Dominican Republic, Joaquín Balaguer ranks 3 out of 51. Before him are Rafael Trujillo (1891), and Théodore Chassériau (1819). After him are Oscar de la Renta (1932), Hatuey (1478), Juan Pablo Duarte (1813), Maria Montez (1912), Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez (1936), Danilo Medina (1951), Leonel Fernández (1953), Máximo Gómez (1836), and Héctor Trujillo (1908).

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Among POLITICIANS In Dominican Republic

Among politicians born in Dominican Republic, Joaquín Balaguer ranks 2. Before him are Rafael Trujillo (1891). After him are Hatuey (1478), Juan Pablo Duarte (1813), Danilo Medina (1951), Leonel Fernández (1953), Héctor Trujillo (1908), Juan Bosch (1909), Luis Abinader (1967), Salvador Jorge Blanco (1926), Hipólito Mejía (1941), and Ulises Heureaux (1845).

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