Author · Dominican Republic
Joaquín Balaguer
Died in 2002
Joaquín Balaguer was born in Navarrete, near Santiago, on 1 September 1906. He took a law degree in Santo Domingo in 1929, then a doctorate at the Sorbonne, and built a career in the judiciary, the administration and diplomacy under Trujillo, serving as Secretary of State for Education and for Foreign Affairs, then as vice-president. President in 1960, he held the office again from 1966 to 1978 and from 1986 to 1996. The author of an abundant body of work, he died in Santo Domingo on 14 July 2002.
In the catalogue 1
- NarrativeMemorias de un cortesano de la Era de TrujilloJoaquín Balaguer · 1988not translated into EnglishLiterature