Héctor García Godoy

Héctor García Godoy, 1965

Héctor Rafael García Godoy Cáceres (born January 11, 1921 in Moca , Cibao Norte region, Dominican Republic , † April 20, 1970 in Santo Domingo ) was a Dominican politician and President of the Dominican Republic .

Life

After attending schools in his hometown and at the Academia Santa Ana in Santiago de los Caballeros , at the Central High School in Washington, DC , and the Colegio Ponceño de Varones in Ponce (Puerto Rico) , García Godoy, whose mother Ana Antonia, graduated Cáceres Ureña was the daughter of the former President Ramón Cáceres , studied law at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo , which he graduated in 1944 with admission to the bar . He then entered the diplomatic service and was initially second secretary at the embassy in San José (Costa Rica) . A year later, he became in 1945 the first secretary and charge d'affaires at the embassy in Managua ( Nicaragua ), and in 1947 director of the consular department at the Foreign Ministry. In 1948 he was appointed secretary of the board of directors of the reserve bank before he became general superintendent for banking in 1954 . A year later, in 1955, he was appointed Vice Governor of the Central Bank (Banco Central de la República Dominicana). Between 1956 and 1963, however, he was again active as a diplomat.

During the presidency of Juan Bosch he was foreign minister from February 27 to September 25, 1963.

After the revolution of April 1965, he became President of the Dominican Republic on September 3, 1965 under the supervision of the Organization of American States (OAS) as the successor to Francisco Alberto Caamaño . Mocked by Juan Bosch as "more of a mediator than a ruler", however, he carried out extensive reshuffles in the state apparatus, which also affected his predecessor Caamaño, who was sent to London as a military attaché after rumors of a coup arose. In particular, as President, he was the organizer of the general election to restore peace and constitutional order, which took place on June 1, 1966. On July 1, 1966, he handed over the presidency to Joaquín Balaguer , who had returned from exile in the USA and who had won the presidency with the help of a massive campaign of repression by the military , the police and with the support of the USA in rigged elections.

Under Balaguer, García Godoy was ambassador to Washington, DC until 1969.

In 1970 he was as leader of the Movement for National Reconciliation (Movimiento de Conciliación Nacional (MCN)) against Balaguer's candidate in the presidential elections. However, he died unexpectedly of a heart attack during the election campaign .

His widow María Matilde Pastoriza Espaillat (1923-2007) was the great-granddaughter of the former President Ulises Francisco Espaillat .

Web links

Biography on the website of the Fundacion José Guillermo Carrillo (Spanish)
Biography on the website Biografías y Vidas
García-Godoy, Héctor on the website of the US State Department (Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, Volume XXXII, Dominican Republic; Cuba; Haiti; Guyana. Persons)

Individual evidence

^ Ramón Cáceres y Héctor García Godoy. In: Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía (Relaciones genealógicas entre presidentes dominicanos) .
^ What was on September 3rd, 1965. In: Chroniknet. September 3, 1965.
^ Waiting for Godoy . In: Time Magazine . July 16, 1965.
↑ Governor? for whom? In: Hamburger Abendblatt . December 22, 1965.
↑ Dominican quarrels. In: Zeit Online . August 20, 1965.
↑ Garcia Godoy's Gordian Knot. Danger of coup in Santo Domingo - Army generals fear for their position of power. In: Zeit Online. January 14, 1966.
^ Dominican Republic: Exile of the General. In Time Magazine. September 17, 1965.
^ What was on January 7, 1966. In: Chroniknet. 7th January 1966.
^ Godoy Found Dead At Home. In: Daily News of the Virgin Islands. April 21, 1970 (in Google News ).
↑ Ulises Francisco Espaillat y Héctor García Godoy and Ulises Francisco Espaillat y Héctor García Godoy. In: Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía (Relaciones genealógicas entre presidentes dominicanos) .

predecessor	Office	successor
Francisco Alberto Caamaño	President of the Dominican Republic 1965–1966	Joaquín Balaguer

personal data
SURNAME	García Godoy, Héctor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	García Godoy Cáceres, Héctor Rafael (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dominican politician, President of the Dominican Republic
DATE OF BIRTH	January 11, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH	Moca , Cibao Norte region
DATE OF DEATH	April 20, 1970
Place of death	Santo Domingo

[1] Ramón Cáceres y Héctor García Godoy. In: Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía (Relaciones genealógicas entre presidentes dominicanos) .

[2] What was on September 3rd, 1965. In: Chroniknet. September 3, 1965.

[3] Waiting for Godoy . In: Time Magazine . July 16, 1965.

[4] Governor? for whom? In: Hamburger Abendblatt . December 22, 1965.

[5] Dominican quarrels. In: Zeit Online . August 20, 1965.

[6] Garcia Godoy's Gordian Knot. Danger of coup in Santo Domingo - Army generals fear for their position of power. In: Zeit Online. January 14, 1966.

[7] Dominican Republic: Exile of the General. In Time Magazine. September 17, 1965.

[8] What was on January 7, 1966. In: Chroniknet. 7th January 1966.

[9] Godoy Found Dead At Home. In: Daily News of the Virgin Islands. April 21, 1970 (in Google News ).

[10] Ulises Francisco Espaillat y Héctor García Godoy and Ulises Francisco Espaillat y Héctor García Godoy. In: Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía (Relaciones genealógicas entre presidentes dominicanos) .