Francisco Augusto Lora González (1910–1993), was a vice president of the Dominican Republic and presidential candidate in 1966, 1970, 1974 and 1978. As vice-president, he was a member of President Joaquín Balaguer's Reformist Party (PR). When Balaguer threatened to leave the PR in 1970 and campaign outside of the organization, Augusto Lora was effectively forced out of the party and went on to become the leader of and ultimately the candidate for a new political party, the Movement for Democratic Integration against Reelection (MIDA).[1][2]
Lora was descended from Basilio Fondeur, a Frenchman, brother of Colonel Furcy Fondeur.[3][4]
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- ^ "Latin American election statistics 1970-1989". Archived from the original on 21 June 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
- ^ "Dominican Republic: Closer to Chaos". Time. 13 April 1970.
- ^ Espinal Hernández, Edwin (5 November 2016). "Franceses ascendientes de dominicanos: los Fondeur (2 de 2)". Cápsulas genealógicas (in Spanish). Hoy. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ Espinal Hernández, Edwin (29 October 2016). "Franceses ascendientes de dominicanos: los Fondeur (1 de 2)". Cápsulas genealógicas (in Spanish). Hoy. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
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