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Rafael Trujillo

1891 - 1961

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Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina ( troo-HEE-yoh; Spanish: [rafaˈel leˈoniðas tɾuˈxiʝo moˈlina]; 24 October 1891 – 30 May 1961), nicknamed El Jefe (Spanish: [el ˈxefe]; "the boss"), was a Dominican military officer and dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from August 1930 until his assassination in May 1961. He was the 36th and 39th president from 1930 to 1938 and again from 1942 to 1952. He also served as the first generalissimo, the de facto most powerful position in the country at the time from 1930 until his assassination. Under that position, Trujillo served under figurehead presidents. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rafael Trujillo is the 1,719th most popular politician (down from 1,428th in 2019), the most popular biography from Dominican Republic and the most popular Dominican Politician.

Rafael Trujillo was a Dominican dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from 1930 to 1961. He is most famous for his brutal rule.

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Among politicians, Rafael Trujillo ranks 1,719 out of 19,576. Before him are Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours, Roger Williams, Han Duck-soo, Léon Degrelle, Gaspard II de Coligny, and Artaxerxes III. After him are Henri, Count of Chambord, Giulio Andreotti, Leo von Caprivi, Queen Paola of Belgium, Tim Walz, and Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Rafael Trujillo ranks 19. Before him are John Howard Northrop, Walther Bothe, Henry Miller, Rudolf Carnap, Helmuth Weidling, and Otto Dix. After him are Fritz Todt, Genrikh Yagoda, Ilya Ehrenburg, Osip Mandelstam, Frederick Banting, and Tadamichi Kuribayashi. Among people deceased in 1961, Rafael Trujillo ranks 19. Before him are Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Edith Wilson, Mohammed V of Morocco, Maria of Yugoslavia, Frantz Fanon, and Otto Loewi. After him are Kurt Meyer, Adnan Menderes, Dashiell Hammett, Sergio Osmeña, Luigi Einaudi, and Paul Landowski.

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In Dominican Republic

Among people born in Dominican Republic, Rafael Trujillo ranks 1 out of 51. After him are Théodore Chassériau (1819), Joaquín Balaguer (1906), 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, Rafael Trujillo ranks 1. After him are Joaquín Balaguer (1906), 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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