Mario Fermín Cabral y Báez

Mario Fermín Cabral y Báez (Baní, 1877–Santo Domingo, 1961) was a politician from the Dominican Republic. He was Senator for the Province of Santiago, and also the President of the Senate of the Dominican Republic three times: 1914–1916, 1930–1938, 1955.[1]

Career

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During his tenure as senator he drafted the bill that in 1935 renamed the Dominican capital, Santo Domingo, Trujillo City in honor of dictator Rafael Trujillo;[2][3] he also promoted in 1943 the construction of Centro de Los Heroes in the capital city.

Family

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Cabral y Báez was the son of Marcos Antonio Cabral y Figueredo and Altagracia Amelia Báez Andújar (daughter of President Buenaventura Báez). On 24 November 1900, Cabral y Báez married Amelia Josefa Tavares Saviñón and they had four children: María Estela, Pura Amelia, Manuel Antonio and Ramón Cabral Tavares. After his first wife died, Cabral y Báez married María Josefa Tavares Tineo and they had one daughter, Altagracia Amelia Cabral Tavares. With Sixta América Stéfani, an Italian-Dominican, he had another daughter, Dulce Enilda Altagracia Cabral Stéfani (1925–2008).

References

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  1. ^ Tejada, Adriano Miquel (12 May 1990). "Manual del legislador Dominicano". Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra.
  2. ^ Mármol, Víctor A. (28 August 2007). "Mármoladas" (in Spanish). Hoy. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  3. ^ González, Julio (28 March 2009). "Cápsulas Genealógicas: Marcos A. Cabral" (in Spanish). Hoy. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
Senate of the Dominican Republic
Preceded by President of the Senate of the Dominican Republic
1914–1916
Vacant
Title next held by
Gustavo Adolfo Díaz Lamarche
(1924–30)
Preceded by President of the Senate of the Dominican Republic
1930–1938
Succeeded by
Preceded by President (interim) of the Senate of the Dominican Republic
1955
Succeeded by