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Jacobo Majluta Azar (9 October 1934 – 2 March 1996) was Vice President of the Dominican Republic from 16 August 1978 to 4 July 1982. He was one of the generations of politicians in the Dominican Republic whose ambition was continually thwarted by the country's labyrinthine power struggles and sectarianism.
Majluta was vice president under Antonio Guzmán Fernández and had served as president for 43 days after Guzmán committed suicide. After having been defeated by Jorge Blanco for the nomination in 1982 , he was given the candidacy for Santo Domingo Senator and President of the Senate (a similar deal had been done by Blanco and Guzmán in 1978 ...
Jacobo Majluta Azar (1934–1996) — 4 July 1982 16 August 1982 43 days PRD: Vice-president under Antonio Guzmán, assumed the presidency to finish his term. Salvador Jorge Blanco (1926–2010) 1982: 16 August 1982 16 August 1986 4 years PRD: Joaquín Balaguer (1906–2002) 1986: 16 August 1986 16 August 1990 10 years PRSC
List of presidents of the Senate of the Dominican Republic.The president is elected for a one-year term, and can be re-elected. Dominican Republic has had upper chamber (bicameral legislature) 1844-1854, 1858-1861, 1865-1866, 1878-1880, and since 1908.
In 1989, Jacobo Majluta founded the Independent Revolutionary Party (PRI) to advance his own political ambitions. Ana Elisa Villanueva became the vice president of the new political party. [3] Ana Elisa Villanueva died in Santo Domingo on April 5, 1998, at the age of 67. [4] [5] Majluta died from lung cancer in March 1996 in Tampa, Florida. [5]
The PRI was created by Jacobo Majluta as a way to further his political and electoral ambitions. The party was founded in 1989 by Jacobo Majluta, who served briefly as President of the Dominican Republic in 1982 and Vice President from 1978 to 1982. [1] His wife, former first lady Ana Elisa Villanueva, served as the party's vice president. [1]
Jorge Blanco succeeded fellow PRD member Jacobo Majluta Azar to the presidency in 1982 after winning the elections of that year using the slogan "The people are with the best, the people are with Salvador". Despite their political affiliations, Guzmán's term (before Majluta's) was characterized by a bitter feud with Jorge Blanco, who from the ...
The vice president of the Dominican Republic (Spanish: Vicepresidente de la República Dominicana) is the second-highest political position in the Dominican Republic.The vice president is the first person in the presidential line of succession, ascending to the presidency upon the death, resignation, or removal of the president.