Carlos Morales Languasco

Mr. President
Carlos Morales Languasco
30th President of the Dominican Republic
In office
November 24, 1903 – December 29, 1905
Vice PresidentRamón Cáceres
Preceded byAlejandro Woss y Gil
Succeeded byCouncil of Secretaries of State
Personal details
Born(1868-08-23)August 23, 1868
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
DiedMarch 1, 1914(1914-03-01) (aged 45)
Paris, France
PartyRed Party
SpouseAurelia Castellanos Pelegrín
Parents
  • Agustín Morales Robainne (1839–1893) (father)
  • Isabel Elizabeth Languasco Chevalier (1832–1905) (mother)
ProfessionMilitary Officer and Politician

Carlos Felipe Morales Languasco (23 August 1867 – 1 March 1914) was a Dominican priest, politician and military figure who was President of the Dominican Republic from 1903 to 1905.

Early life

Carlos Felipe Morales Languasco was born in Puerto Plata Province, on 23 August 1868,[1] to Carlos Felipe Morales and Isabel Languasco de Morales. He was educated at the San Luis Gonzaga School and Fernando Arturo de Meriño was one of his teachers. He was ordained as a priest in 1891, but left the priesthood in order to become a politician in 1900.[2]

Political career

Morales retired from priesthood to engage in politics. He was the President of Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic in 1901.[3]

Morales was appointed governor of Puerto Plata after President Juan Isidro Jimenes was overthrown in 1902. As governor he worked with the United States to overthrow Alejandro Woss y Gil in 1903, and became president. He formed a provisional government on 6 December, and held elections in 1904. Morales, with Ramón Cáceres as his running mate, won the 1904 election[1] as he was the only candidate.[2]

He was president of the Dominican Republic from November 24, 1903 until his resignation on December 29, 1905. As President, he sought protectorate status for the Dominican Republic under the United States.[4]

In Paris, Morales flew in the Sallard N-1 at the Vidamée aerodrome on 7 December 1913, becoming the first Dominican to fly in an airplane.[1]

Personal life

Morales married Aurelia Castellano.[2] Morales died in Paris on 1 March 1914, and was buried in Puerto Plata on 12 April.[1]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Carlos Morales Languasco
4. Agustín Morales Brito (1806−1869)
Lanzarote, Spain
2. Agustín Morales Robainne (1839–1893)
Saint Thomas, Danish Virgin Islands
5. Rovisa Rossetta Robainne (1803–1857)
Saint Thomas
1. Carlos Felipe Morales Languasco (1867−1914)
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
6. Agustín Languasco
Oneglia, Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont
3. Isabel Languasco Chevalier (1832–1905)
Puerto Plata
7. Nicolasa Chevalier Bonne
Puerto Plata
Sources:
  • Larrazábal Blanco, Carlos. Familias Dominicanas (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Academia Dominicana de la Historia.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 El Nacional 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Dominican Liberation Party.
  3. ↑ Checo, José Chez; Sang, Mu-Kien Adriana. "Historia de la Cámara de Diputados - TOMO I. 1844-1978" (PDF). www.camaradediputados.gob.do. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-02. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  4. ↑ Hoetink, H. (1986), "The Dominican Republic, c. 1870–1930", in Bethell, Leslie (ed.), The Cambridge History of Latin America, vol. 5: c.1870 to 1930, Cambridge University Press, pp. 287–306, doi:10.1017/chol9780521245173.008, ISBN 978-0-521-24517-3
  • Biography at the Enciclopedia Virtual Dominicana

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