Manuel de Jesus Troncoso de la Concha

Manuel de Jesus Troncoso de la Concha (born April 3, 1878 in Santo Domingo , † May 30, 1955 ibid) was a Dominican writer , politician and President of the Dominican Republic .

biography

Promotion to President 1940 to 1942

Troncoso first attended the Escuela Preparatoria and the Seminario Conciliar Santo Tomás de Aquino , which he completed on November 25, 1895 with a bachelor's degree in philosophy and literature . He then completed a law degree , after which he graduated (Licenciado) from the day of his 21st birthday, on April 3, 1899, as a lawyer . At the same time he was editor-in-chief and publisher of the newspaper "Listín Diario" between 1899 and 1911 . He then was for some time an examining magistrate at the District Court of Santo Domingo. In 1914 he was appointed professor at the chair of philosophy at the University of Santo Domingo , which had previously awarded him an honorary doctorate . In 1915 he was the founder of the Troncoso law firm, which his three sons and son-in-law later joined alongside him. After that he was also professor of civil law at the law faculty there for many years . At times he was also rector of the University of Santo Domingo.

In addition, Troncoso began his political activity in 1911, during which he became Minister of Justice and Public Education (Secretario de Justicia e Instrucción Pública), Minister of the Interior and Police (Secretario de Interior y Policia), Minister of Construction and Communication (Secretario de Fomento) y Comunicación) and Minister of War and Navy (Secretario de Guerra y Marina).

After Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina took office on August 18, 1930, he initially took over several ministerial offices in his government, before becoming Vice-President on June 28, 1938 and thus representative of President Jacinto Bienvenido Peynado . When he died on March 7, 1940, Troncoso was five days later as his successor President of the Dominican Republic. During his presidency, the Trujillo- Hull Treaty was signed, which modified the 1924 convention with the USA on the administration of customs revenue. He held this office for two years before the dictator Trujillo finally took over the presidency again in May 1942. Troncoso was elected President of the Senate (Senado) in 1943 and held this office until a year before his death.

Writing and family

In addition to his political career, he was one of the representatives of traditionalism in Dominican literature alongside Cesar Nicolás Pensión . His stories are not characterized by lightness and stylistic skill. In addition to family issues, the main themes of his stories were, in particular, historical events and anecdotes from Dominican life. His literary works testified to a rich cultural knowledge.

His collection of historical anecdotes ("Anecdotario dominicano de tiempos pasados"), published under the pseudonym 'Juan Buscón' in the daily newspaper "La Nación", was remarkable for its wealth of references to the lives of important personalities and characters of the 19th century and thus to the History of the Dominican Republic . His book "Narraciones Dominicanas", published in 1946, was a collection of his most important stories such as "El misterio de Don Marcelino" and "La Virgen de las Mercedes y los dominicanos de tiempo pasados", which appeared between 1943 and 1944 in "La Nación".

Other works were:

• "Elementos de Derecho Administrativo Dominicano",
• "Narraciones Dominicanas",
• "La ocupación de Santo Domingo por Haití",
• "El Brigadier Juan Sánchez Ramírez"
• "La Génesis de al Convención Dominico-Americana".

In 1944 he was a co-founder and until his death president of the board of directors of the Dominican Academy of History (Academia Dominicana de la Historia).

His daughter was the wife of the son of the former President Ramón Cáceres , Marino E. Cáceres, who was Minister of Agriculture in his government and later again under Trujillo. His son Jesus Maria Troncoso was ambassador to the USA during his presidency and then Treasury Secretary (Secretario de la Tesorería) under Trujillo between 1943 and 1946. His son Pedro Troncoso Sanchez was ambassador to Argentina during his presidency and later Minister of Education and President of the Supreme Court, while his son Wenceslao Troncoso was also ambassador on several occasions and President of the Central Bank from 1950 to 1952.

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• WIKIDOMINICANA
• PROVINCIAS DOMINICANAS
• BIOGRAFÍAS Y VIDAS

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Company Trancoso-Caceres ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
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3. ↑ ACADEMIA HISTORIA ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ RELACIONES GENEALÓGICAS ENTRE PRESIDENTES DOMINICANOS (4 de 5)
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predecessor	Office	successor
Jacinto Bienvenido Peynado	President of the Dominican Republic 1940–1942	Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina