Juan Pablo Duarte

*Padre de la Patria*
Juan Pablo Duarte
Padre de la Patria Juan Pablo Duarte
	Oil portrait of Juan Pablo Duarte by Dominican artist Abelardo Rodríguez Urdaneta.
Born	January 26, 1813; Santo Domingo, Captaincy General of Santo Domingo
Died	July 15, 1876 (aged 63); Caracas, United States of Venezuela
Resting place	Altar de la Patria
Occupations	Activist; Writer; Military General; Politician; Educator; Independence leader;
Years active	1833–1876
Organization	La Trinitaria
Title	Father of the Nation
Political party	Central Government Junta
Parents	Juan José Duarte (father); Manuela Díez Jiménez (mother);
Relatives	Vicente Celestino (brother) ; Maria Josefa (sister) ; Manuel (brother) ; Ana Maria (sister) ; Manuel (brother) ; Filomena (sister) ; Rosa (sister) ; Juana Bautista (sister) ; Manuel Amáralos María (brother) ; María Francisca (sister)
Awards	National hero
Honours	Order of Merit of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella
Military career
Allegiance	Dominican Republic
Service years	1834–1876
Rank	Brigadier General Dominican Army Liberation Army; Restoration Army;
Conflicts	Reform Revolution; Dominican War of Independence; Dominican Restoration War
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Juan Pablo Duarte y Díez (January 26, 1813 – July 15, 1876) was a Dominican military leader, writer, activist, and nationalist politician who was the foremost of the Founding Fathers of the Dominican Republic and bears the title of Father of the Nation. As one of the most celebrated figures in Dominican history, Duarte is considered a folk hero and revolutionary visionary in the modern Dominican Republic, who, along with military generals Matías Ramón Mella and Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, organized and promoted La Trinitaria, a secret society that eventually led to the Dominican revolt and independence from Haitian rule in 1844 and the start of the Dominican War of Independence.