Carlos Morales Troncoso

Carlos Morales Troncoso
34th Vice President of the Dominican Republic
In office
16 August 1986 – 16 August 1994
PresidentJoaquín Balaguer
Preceded byManuel Fernández Mármol
Succeeded byJacinto Peynado Garrigosa
Minister of Foreign Relations of the Dominican Republic
In office
16 August 2004 – 15 September 2014
PresidentLeonel Fernández Danilo Medina
Preceded byFrank Guerrero Prats
Succeeded byAndrés Navarro
In office
16 August 1994 – 5 May 1996
PresidentJoaquín Balaguer
Preceded byJuan A. Taveras Guzmán
Succeeded byCaonabo Javier Castillo
Dominican Republic Ambassador to the United States
In office
1989–1990
PresidentJoaquín Balaguer
Personal details
Born(1940-09-29)29 September 1940
Died25 October 2014(2014-10-25) (aged 74)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
PartySocial Christian Reformist Party
Alma materLouisiana State University
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Carlos Morales Troncoso (29 September 1940 – 25 October 2014) was a Dominican chemical engineer, businessman, and politician. Before entering public life, Morales Troncoso built a distinguished career as an executive in the sugar industry, rising to lead major corporations and contributing to the economic development of the eastern region of the Dominican Republic. He later transitioned into public service, serving as Vice President of the Dominican Republic from 1986 to 1994, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1996 and again from 2004 to 2014, and Ambassador to the United States from 1989 to 1990. He was also a prominent leader in the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC), serving as its president from 2009 to 2014.