Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly
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 43rd President of the Dominican Republic
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In office January 18, 1962 – February 27, 1963 |
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| Vice President | Eduardo Read Barrera (1962) Nicolas Pichardo (1962-1963) |
| Preceded by | Civic-Military Council |
| Succeeded by | Juan Bosch |
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25th Vice President of the Dominican Republic
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In office August 3, 1960 – January 18, 1962 |
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| Preceded by | Joaquín Balaguer |
| Succeeded by | Eduardo Read Barrera |
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| Born | August 22, 1904 Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic |
| Died | December 28, 1979 (age 75) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
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Dominican (1940s-1950s) Revolutionary (1950s-1979) |
| Spouse(s) | Aída Mercedes Batlle Morell |
| Relations | Furcy Fondeur LaJeneusse (grandfather) |
| Children | Juan Sully, Rafael Francisco, Luisa Amelia and Aída Mercedes Bonnelly Batlle |
Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly Fondeur (August 22, 1904 – December 28, 1979) was a lawyer, scholar, diplomat, and, from 1962 until 1963, the President of the Dominican Republic, before he was president, he was vice president of the country from 1960 to 1962.
Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly Fondeur was born to Carlos Sully Bonnelly Arnaud and Ms Luisa Fondeur in Santiago de los Caballeros, the Dominican Republic. Bonnelly was born into a family of Corsican and French descent, descendants of white colonists that settled briefly in Saint-Domingue prior the Haitian Revolution, two generations of the Bonnelly family lived in Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, and then they moved to the Cibao region in the Dominican Republic. While the origins of his Fondeur family was said to be born in Bordeaux and Paris (between 1812 and 1818, proposed Penzo), they may have arrived at the years of España Boba (Foolish Spain) or during the Haitian occupation (for the author cited between 1819 and 1822). He obtained his baccalaureate in Law on March 27, 1926 from the University of Santo Domingo. He became a teacher at the Normal School in Santo Domingo from 1926 to 1930. He married Aida Batlle and procreated four children: Luisa Amelia, Rafael Francisco, Juan Sully and Aida María. Also, he was the uncle of fashion designer Sully Bonnelly.
Bonnelly's first foray into public life was his participation in the revolt against President Horacio Vásquez in 1930, led by Dr. Rafael Estrella Ureña, and supported by then head of the Army, General Rafael Trujillo. Bonnelly later became a Deputy at the National Congress, but rapidly had a falling out with Trujillo, who had deported Dr. Estrella Ureña and assumed the Presidency of the Country, after publicly voting against an Education bill sent by the dictator to Congress.
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