Juan Bosch
Politician
1909 – 2001
Who was Juan Bosch?
Juan Emilio Bosch Gaviño was a politician, historian, short story 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 in 1939 and the Dominican Liberation Party in 1973.
In 1934 he married Isabel García and had two children with her: Leon and Carolina. During Trujillo's dictatorship, Bosch was jailed for his political ideas, being released after several months. In 1938, Bosch managed to leave the country, settling in Puerto Rico.
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- Born
- Jun 30, 1909
La Vega - Nationality
- Dominican Republic
- Profession
- Lived in
- Dominican Republic
- Died
- Nov 1, 2001
Santo Domingo
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on July 23, 2013
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