Juan Bosch
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Juan Bosch 🇩🇴

Juan Emilio Bosch Gaviño (Known as "El Profesor")
President of the Dominican Republic (1963), Master Short Story Writer, Essayist
Born 1909-06-30 🇩🇴 La Vega, Dominican Republic
Passed Away 2001-11-01 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Lifespan 92 years old
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Colossal 20th-century political leader, master of the Latin American short story, and first democratically elected President after the Trujillo dictatorship (1963), author of 'Cuentos escritos en el exilio'.

Biographical Record

Juan Emilio Bosch Gaviño was born in La Vega on June 30, 1909. Exiled for twenty-three years during Rafael Trujillo's tyrannical dictatorship, Bosch lived across Cuba, Costa Rica, and Venezuela, writing foundational short stories like La mujer and Dos pesos de leña.

Returning in 1961 after Trujillo's assassination, Bosch was elected President in 1962 in the country's first free democratic elections, enacting a visionary progressive constitution protecting workers' rights. Overthrown after seven months by a conservative military coup, he founded both the PRD and the PLD, mentoring modern Dominican political life.

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Final Resting Place

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Ornamental Cemetery of La Vega (Cementerio Ornamental)
La Vega, Dominican Republic
GPS: 19.2220, -70.5330
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