Juan Bosch
President of the Dominican Republic
Died when: 92 years 124 days (1108 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Juan Emilio Bosch Gaviño (June 30, 1909 – November 1, 2001) was a Dominican 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 (PRD) in 1939 and the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) in 1973.
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