Ramfis Trujillo Martínez

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Ramfis Leónidas Trujillo Martínez (born June 5, 1929 - December 27, 1969 ) was a Dominican racing driver , playboy , military and politician and son of the dictator Rafael Trujillo .

Life

childhood

His mother was Rafael Trujillo's third wife, Angeles Martínez Alba , whose parents had immigrated from Spain . Already at the age of 14 he was awarded the military rank of Colonel , which he owed exclusively to the influence of his father.

Time in america

In the late 1950s, his father sent him to the US Army's Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth , where he preferred to skip classes and tried to start a film career in Hollywood with his friend, racing driver Porfirio Rubirosa . This did not materialize, but he acquired the reputation of a playboy, among other things he was said to have had an affair with the then famous actress Kim Novak .

Return and exile in Europe

He eventually had to leave the US Army College without a degree. He then returned to his homeland, which angered his father, who had tried to shape his son in his own image, so much that he had him admitted to a psychiatric clinic in Belgium. The failure of his marriage and his inglorious behavior in the home (him were rapes and murders rumored) also played a role in this decision.

After his release from psychiatric hospital, he went to Paris, where he married the actress Rita Milan , with whom he had two more children. At the same time he continued his life as a bon vivant unbroken.

Death of the father and return

On May 30, 1961, the dictator Trujillo was murdered . His son, although at times suspected of being a co-conspirator, arrived in Santo Domingo only a few days later, where he initially took over his father's role as unofficial ruler. At the end of 1961 international pressure on the Dominican Republic, u. a. by US President John F. Kennedy , so big that he had to leave the country.

Second exile

Together with his father's corpse, 4 million US dollars and diamonds from the treasury , he fled with his boat Angelita , but was arrested. However, Joaquín Balaguer , president and long-time vicarious agent of the Trujillos, allowed him to leave the country together with his father's body. Via Paris he reached Madrid, where he came into the orbit of Francisco Franco .

death

In 1969 he had an accident in his blue two-door Ferrari 330 GT when he drove into an oncoming vehicle, the driver of which died immediately. Trujillo himself died eleven days later in a hospital in Madrid at a pneumonia .

family

In the mid-1950s he married Octavia Ricard , with whom he had six children. The marriage later ended in divorce. In his second marriage he was married to Rita Milan, with whom he had two other children.

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personal data
SURNAME Trujillo Martínez, Ramfis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trujillo Martínez, Rafael Leónidas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dominican racing driver, playboy, military and politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1929
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 1969