Juan Bosch (politician)
Juan Bosch | |
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Juan Bosch in 1963 | |
| President of the Dominican Republic | |
| In office 27 February 1963 – 25 September 1963 | |
| Vice President | Armando González Tamayo |
| Preceded by | Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly |
| Succeeded by | Dominican Provisional Government Junta |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 June 1909 La Vega, Dominican Republic |
| Died | 1 November 2001 (aged 92) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| Party | Revolutionary (1939–73) Liberation (1973–2001) |
| Spouse(s) | Isabel García (m. 1934–1943?) Carmen Quidiello (m. 1943–2001; his death) |
Juan Emilio Bosch y Gaviño (30 June 1909 – 1 November 2001), also known as El Profesor (Spanish for the Teacher), was a Dominican politician, historian, writer, essayist, educator, and the first democratically elected president of the Dominican Republic for seven months in 1963.
Juan Bosch was a leading opponent against the dictatorial regime of Rafael Trujillo, spending over two decades as the leader of the Dominican opposition while in exile. In 1939, he helped found the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) and returned to the Dominican Republic months after Trujillo's assassination in 1961, winning the first free elections in decades. In 1973, he founded the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD). He is remembered as an honest politician and regarded as one of the most prominent short-story writers in Dominican literature.