Juan Bautista Vicini Burgos

Juan Bautista Vicini Burgos (born July 19, 1871 in Santo Domingo , † May 25, 1935 ) was a Dominican politician and President of the Dominican Republic .

Life

The son of the Italian immigrant Juan Bautista Vicini, who came to the Dominican Republic at the time of the resurgence of the sugar industry and who, due to his good relations with Ulises Heureaux , owned two sugar cane plantations as early as 1882 . In 1892 his father owned the “Angelina” sugar factory and the following year he acquired the license to found the Central Azuano sugar factory . This economic success led Vicini's father to be a major lender to dictator Lilís Heureaux.

Vicini Burgos joined his father's company at an early age after extensive training by private tutors who also taught economics in addition to English , French and Italian and, as his heir, became one of the cornerstones of the Dominican economy , which was based on the sugar industry and thus had considerable influence had on politics. At the beginning of the 20th century he was the founder and promoter of the seaside resort of Boca Chica .

After the ratification of the Hughes - Peynado Plan, which provided for the end of the occupation by the USA that began in 1916 , he was elected President of the Dominican Republic in 1922 and took up this office on October 6, 1922 as the successor to US Governor Samuel Robison . He then appointed his cabinet, which consisted of Foreign Minister Angel Morales, Interior Minister José del Carmen Ariza, Justice and Education Minister Cayetano Armando Rodríguez, Construction and Communication Minister Eladio Sánchez, Health and Welfare Minister Manuel Sanabia and Agriculture and Immigration Minister Pedro Pérez and one another step towards ending the US occupation . When he took his oath of office on October 21, 1921, he expressed his hope

“In the prudence and patriotism of the Dominican people in carrying out the plan of liberation (" Plan de Evacuación "), as well as in the lofty intentions and spirit of reparation and justice with which the great Dominican nation endures so many trials in its efforts Strengthening peace and independence from other nations in the world. "

Despite its own efforts, his government was constrained by the agreements of the Hughes-Peynado Plan and thus continuously exposed to the pressure of the US troops still in the country . Nevertheless, he had one of the fairest presidential elections carried out to date, from which on March 15, 1924 Horacio Vásquez emerged as the clear winner of Francisco J. Peynado.

After the handover to Vásquez on July 12, 1924, he withdrew completely from politics and devoted himself again to his company. On his death he left one of the largest sugar industrial empires in the country to his heirs. His half-brother Felipe Augusto Vicini Perdomo was married to a great-granddaughter of the former counter-president José María Cabral .

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ US Department of State: Dominican Republic, 1916-1924
2. ↑ "BURGOS TAKES OFFICE IN SANTO DOMINGO; inauguration of Provisional Government Ends regime of American Occupation", New York Times October 22, 1922
3. ^ Mats Lundahl: Peasants and Religion: A Socioeconomic Study of Dios Olivorio and the Palma Sola Movement in the Dominican Republic . 1999, ISBN 0-415-17411-2 , p. 132 ( limited preview in Google book search).
4. ^ Dominican Republic. 1848 to 1986 Presidential Election Results
5. ^ Dominican Republic. OCCUPATION BY THE UNITED STATES, 1916-24
6. ^ Michael R. Hall: Sugar and power in the Dominican Republic: Eisenhower, Kennedy, and the Trujillos . 2000, ISBN 0-313-31127-7 , p. 39 ( limited preview in Google book search).
7. ↑ RELACIONES GENEALÓGICAS ENTRE PRESIDENTES DOMINICANOS (3 de 5)

predecessor	Office	successor
US Governor Samuel Robison	President of the Dominican Republic 1922–1924	Horacio Vásquez