See Also: Trujillo (Molina), Rafael (Leonidas)(encyclopedia)
Leonidas(encyclopedia)
Molina (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Tirso de Molina(encyclopedia)
Molina Castle(tourism)
Molina del Pinar, SICAV, S.A.(finance)
Quezon (y Molina), Manuel (Luis)(encyclopedia)
Trujillo(tourism)
Trujillo Castle(tourism)
Trujillo hotels(tourism)

Trujillo (Molina), Rafael (Leonidas) (sh)




born Oct. 24, 1891, San Cristobal, Dom.Rep.
died May 30, 1961, Ciudad Trujillo, near San Cristobal

Dictator of the Dominican Republic (1930-61).

He entered the army in 1918 and rose through the ranks to become a general in 1927. In 1930 he seized power from Pres. Horacio Vasquez, and from then until his assassination he remained in absolute control of the country. Though he introduced a degree of economic modernization, its benefits were distributed inequitably, government corruption was rife, and Dominicans suffered the loss of civil and political liberties under his regime.