José María Cabral Bermúdez

José María Cabral Bermúdez (1902–1984) was a lawyer and businessman from the Dominican Republic.[1] Cabral was member of the first junta that ruled the Dominican Republic after the fall of the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo.[2]

José María Cabral Bermúdez
City councilman (Santiago)
In office
1932–1940
José Mª. Cabral Bermúdez
Born(1902-04-13)13 April 1902
Died26 May 1984(1984-05-26) (aged 82)
NationalityDominican
Alma materUniversidad de Santo Domingo (1927)
OccupationLawyer
Board member ofBanco de Reservas
SpouseMercedes Amalia Vega Batlle
ChildrenMaría Josefina, José María, Petrica, Marco Buenaventura
Parent(s)José María Cabral y Báez (father), María Petronila Bermúdez Rochet (mother)
RelativesBuenaventura Báez (great-grandfather), Manuel Díez Cabral (grandson), Donald Reid Cabral (nephew), Manuel del Cabral (cousin), Julio Vega Batlle (brother-in-law), Juan Bautista Vicini Cabral (nephew), José León Asensio (son-in-law)

He was born into an upper class family, and was in his days the most important oligarch of the Dominican Republic.[2]

Cabral Bermúdez was vice-president of the Reserve Bank of the Dominican Republic, and member of the administrative council of Ingenio Cristóbal Colón, a sugar company.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Hilton, Ronald (1951). Who's Who in Latin America: Part VII, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Haiti. Redwood City, California: Stanford University Press. p. 54. ISBN 9780804707572. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b Institute of Latin American Studies, ed. (1994). Iberoamericana: Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Volúmenes 24-25 (in Spanish). Scandinavian Committee for Research on Latin America. p. 93. Retrieved 8 March 2016. En discurso del 18 de diciembre Balaguer anunció la formación de un Consejo de Estado, en el cual participarían, junto a él como presidente, representantes del bando enemigo: Rafael Bonnelly, como vicepresidente, José María Cabral Bermúdez (jefe de la oligarquía), monseñor Eliseo Pérez Sánchez, Nicolás Pichardo, Antonio Imbert y Luis Amiama