Rafael Estrella Ureña
Juan Rafael Estrella Ureña (born November 10, 1889 in Santiago de los Caballeros , Dominican Republic , † May 25, 1945 ) was a Dominican politician and President of the Dominican Republic .
Life
After completing school in his native city of Santiago de los Caballeros , he began studying law in Santo Domingo . There he came into contact with the student movement and was significantly influenced by the ideas of the Puerto Rican writer and founder of the Escuela Normal, Eugenio María de Hostos . After the assassination of President Ramón Cáceres in 1911, he went into opposition to the subsequent government of Eladio Victoria . Together with other opposition students he founded the Reformist Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Reformista) in opposition to President Victoria , of which he was also chairman. In this position he was one of the toughest opponents of José Bordas Valdez after he became president in 1913. After several demonstrations led by him, he was arrested on the orders of Bordas.
After Estrella Ureña had withdrawn from politics for several years and worked as a lawyer in the meantime, he founded the Republican Party (Partido Republicano) in 1925, of which he was then chairman. In the government of Horacio Vásquez , he took over the office of Minister for Justice and Public Education (Ministro de Justicia e Instrucción Pública), although he was not a supporter of the movement of the President (Horacista). Rather, he was one of the leading figures in the uprising against President Vásquez, led by him and the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, General Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina , in February 1930 .
When, on March 2, 1930, not only President Vásquez, but also Vice-President Dr. José Dolores Alfonseca were forced to resign, Estrella Ureña took over as Minister of Justice due to constitutional provisions and became President of the Dominican Republic . However, he was only de jure president; the real power lay with General Trujillo. Just a few months later, after the presidential election on August 18, 1930, Trujillo replaced him as president.
He himself was elected Vice President. Two years later, during a trip abroad to Cuba, he announced his resignation from the office of Vice President. In opposition to Trujillo, he began building an opposition movement in Cuban exile . After being asked by the Cuban President Fulgencio Batista to end these activities, he went to Miami . There he ended his opposition after talks with Trujillo. Since this promised him the continuation of the Republican Party, he returned to the Dominican Republic, where he began to reorganize his party. However, when the Republican Party again criticized the dictator , Estrella Ureña was imprisoned for a few months.
In the last years of his life he was a judge at the Supreme Court (Suprema Corte de Justicia) during the rule of Trujillo and the interim puppet governments of Jacinto Bienvenido Peynado and Manuel de Jesus Troncoso de la Concha . In 1945 he had to undergo surgery due to illness, during which he died. In subsequent riots, Trujillo was accused of having murdered him with the help of the operating doctors. The dictator then ordered a three-day state mourning .
His great niece was the wife of the future President Salvador Jorge Blanco . He was also the godfather of actress Monica Boyar, who was married to American actor Leslie Nielsen between 1950 and 1956 .
swell
- Galería de presidentes de la República Dominicana. ( Memento from July 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- Rafael Estrella Ureña. ( Memento of April 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) at: wikidominicana.edu.do
- Elections and Events 1924-1944
Individual evidence
- ^ "Era of Trujillo" in the Dominican Republic 1930.
- ↑ RELACIONES GENEALÓGICAS ENTRE PRESIDENTES DOMINICANOS (5 de 5)
- ↑ Vicki L. Ruiz, Virginia Sánchez Korrol (Ed.): Latinas in the United States, set: A Historical Encyclopedia (= Latinas in the United States ). Indiana University Press, 2006, ISBN 0-253-11169-2 , pp. 94 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Horacio Vásquez |
President of the Dominican Republic 1930 |
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Estrella Ureña, Rafael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Estrella Ureña, Juan Rafael (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dominican politician and President of the Dominican Republic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santiago de los Caballeros , Dominican Republic |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 1945 |