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Joaquín Balaguer
President of the Dominican Republic (1906–2002)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Balaguer and the second or maternal family name is Ricardo.
Joaquín Antonio Balaguer Ricardo (1 September 1906[1] – 14 July 2002) was a Dominican politician, scholar, writer, and lawyer.
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He was President of the Dominican Republic serving three non-consecutive terms for that office from 1960 to 1962, 1966 to 1978, and 1986 to 1996.
His enigmatic, secretive personality was inherited from the Trujillo era, as well as his desire to perpetuate himself in power through dubious elections and state terrorism, and he was considered to be a caudillo.
His regime of terror claimed 11,000 victims who were either tortured or forcibly disappeared and killed.[2][3] Nevertheless, Balaguer was also considered to be instrumental in the liberalization of the Dominican government, and his time as leader of the Dominican Repub