Ramón Cáceres

Ramón Cáceres
31st President of the Dominican Republic
In office 12 January 1906 – 19 November 1911
Preceded by	Carlos Felipe Morales
Succeeded by	Council of Secretaries of State
18th Vice President of the Dominican Republic
In office November 24, 1903 – December 29, 1905
Preceded by	Eugenio Deschamps Peña
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	December 15, 1866 Moca, Dominican Republic
Died	November 19, 1911 (aged 44) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Nationality	Dominican
Political party	Red Party
Spouse(s)	Narcisa Ureña Valencia
Profession	Lawyer and Politician
Religion	Catholic

Ramón Arturo Cáceres Vasquez (15 December 1866, Moca, Dominican Republic – 19 November 1911, Santo Domingo) was the 31st president of the Dominican Republic (1906–1911). Serving as vice president under Carlos Felipe Morales, Cáceres assumed the office in 1906. Cáceres was assassinated in 1911, ambushed by rebels and killed in his car.^[1]

Cáceres was the leader of the Los Coludos, also named Red Party.^[2]

His death was followed by a civil war and, ultimately, by the U.S. occupation of the Dominican Republic in 1916.^[3][4]

References

1. "Camino a la intervención norteamericana" (in Spanish). Fundacion Global. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
2. Soto Jimenez, Jose Miguel (2008-11-14). "El bipartidismo histórico en RD" (in Spanish). Listin Diario. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
3. "GEN. HEUREAUX IS ASSASSINATED; President of San Domingo Slain by Ramon Caceres. MURDERER BEING PURSUED Situation in the Republic Is at Present Tranquil. A Number of Previous Attempts to Kill Heureaux -- He Had Become Unpopular with Many Dominicans", NEW YORK TIMES 27. Juli 1899
4. "SANTO DOMINGAN PRESIDENT SLAIN; Ramon Caceres, Shot in a Stable, Dies in the American Legation There", NEW YORK TIMES 21. November 1911

• Selden Rodman, Quisqueya: A History of the Dominican Republic (1964), pp. 102–127.