Horacio Vásquez
Horacio Vásquez | |
|---|---|
| President of the Dominican Republic | |
| In office July 24, 1924 – March 3, 1930 | |
| Vice President | Federico Velázquez (1924–1928) José Dolores Alfonseca (1928–1930) |
| Preceded by | Juan Bautista Vicini (provisional) |
| Succeeded by | Rafael Estrella Ureña (acting) |
| President of the Provisional Government Junta of the Dominican Republic | |
| In office May 2, 1902 – April 23, 1903 | |
| Vice President | None |
| Preceded by | Juan Isidro Jimenes |
| Succeeded by | Alejandro Woss y Gil |
| President of the Provisional Government Junta of the Dominican Republic | |
| In office September 4, 1899 – November 15, 1899 | |
| Vice President | None |
| Preceded by | Wenceslao Figuereo |
| Succeeded by | Juan Isidro Jimenes |
| Vice President of the Dominican Republic | |
| In office November 15, 1899 – May 2, 1902 | |
| President | Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra |
| Preceded by | Wenceslao Figuereo |
| Succeeded by | Eugenio Deschamps Peña |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 22, 1860 |
| Died | March 25, 1936 (aged 75) |
| Party | Red Party |
| Spouse | |
Felipe Horacio Vásquez Lajara (October 22, 1860 – March 25, 1936) was a Dominican Republic military general and political figure who was President of the Dominican Republic from 1924 to 1930.
He was part of the conspiracy to assassinate Dominican Republic dictator Ulises Heureaux in 1889. He was subsequently the president of the Provisional Government Junta of the Dominican Republic for two months in 1899 before serving as Vice President of the DR from November 1899 to 1902. Between 1902 and 1903, he was again president of the Provisional Government Junta of the Dominican Republic.
Supporters of Vásquez were known as Horacistas, as opposed to Jimenistas, supporters of Vásquez's main rival, Juan Isidro Jimenes, and Lilisistas, supporters of the murdered dictator Heureaux. He ran for a full term as president in 1914, but lost to Jimenes. Following the occupation of the Dominican Republic by U.S. military forces from 1916–1924, Vásquez was democratically elected as president of the country and served between 1924 and 1930, and again separately in 1930 before being ousted by General Rafael Trujillo and sent into exile in Puerto Rico.
In 1888, Vásquez married Trina de Moya, a poet and writer from La Vega. A metro station in Santo Domingo is named after him.