Milagros Ortiz Bosch
| Milagros Ortiz Bosch | |
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Ortiz Bosch's official portrait
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| 37th Vice President of the Dominican Republic | |
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In office August 16, 2000 – August 16, 2004 |
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| President | Hipólito Mejía |
| Preceded by | Rafael Albuquerque |
| Succeeded by | Margarita Cedeño de Fernández |
| Minister of Education of the Dominican Republic | |
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In office August 16, 2000 – August 16, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Ligia Amada Melo |
| Succeeded by | Alejandrina German |
| Dominican Republic Senator | |
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In office August 16, 1994 – August 16, 2000 |
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| President | Leonel Fernández |
| Succeeded by | José Tomás Pérez |
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Milagros Maria Ortiz Bosch August 26, 1936 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| Political party | Modern Revolutionary Party |
| Other political affiliations |
Dominican Revolutionary Party (before 2014) |
| Spouse(s) | Joaquín Basanta |
| Children | Juan Basanta |
Maria Milagros Ortiz Bosch (26 August 1936) is a Lawyer, business manager and Dominican politician. She was the first Dominican woman to be vice president of the country, during 2000-2004. She was senator of the Distrito Nacional twice (1994-1998 and 1998-2000) and Secretary of State (Minister) for Education of the Dominican Republic.
She was again a candidate for senator from the National District of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) in the congressional and municipal elections of 2010, being defeated by the candidate of the Dominican Liberation Party Reinaldo Pared Perez.
In the Dominican Republic general election in 2016 she served as campaign manager for the mayoral candidate of the National District, who would be the winner, David Collado.
María Milagros Ortiz Bosch was born in Santo Domingo on 26 August 1936. When she was a young girl she would hear the name of her uncle Juan Bosch (uncle Juan) mentioned discreetly by many of her relatives. Over time her uncle continued to gain admiration and reverence from her relatives, while attracting enmity from Rafael Trujillo and his regime.
Ortiz's family lived under constant harassment from the dictatorship. Caliés (snitches) would stroll outside the family home with complete confidence, while local vendors and door-to-door trades people were suspected of being informants for the intelligence services of the regime. His uncle Pepito was called all the time for questioning by the SIM (Military Intelligence Service) and there were many occasions when he was jailed for being an enemy of the government and brother of Uncle Juan.
In Santa Teresita School, where she studied, Milagros was fortunate that most teachers were opposed to the Trujillo regime. Among them were teachers Maricusa Ornes, Natalia Carmen Domínguez, Ligia Echavarría and Pontius Sabater. Santa Teresita was a secular school and was heavily influenced by the humanist school of Eugenio María de Hostos and, by way of consequence, almost all teachers were known by reference or friends of Juan Bosch.
The regime era was a difficult period for the family. Some neighbors were persecuted because for befriending Ortiz Bosch. The maternal grandparents of Milagros went into exile after seeking diplomatic protection through their foreign citizenship. Doña Angelita's Milagros's mother and sister of Uncle Juan was persecuted, as were her husband and the rest of the family.
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