Mario Fermín Cabral y Báez (Baní, 1877–Santo Domingo, 1961) was a politician from the Dominican Republic. He was Senator for the Province of Santiago, and also the President of the Senate of the Dominican Republic three times: 1914–1916, 1930–1938, 1955.[1]

Career

During his tenure as senator he drafted the bill that in 1935 renamed the Dominican capital, Santo Domingo, Trujillo City in honor of dictator Rafael Trujillo;[2][3] he also promoted in 1943 the construction of Centro de Los Heroes in the capital city.

Family

Cabral y Báez was the son of Marcos Antonio Cabral y Figueredo and Altagracia Amelia Báez Andújar (daughter of President Buenaventura Báez). On 24 November 1900, Cabral y Báez married Amelia Josefa Tavares Saviñón and they had four children: María Estela, Pura Amelia, Manuel Antonio and Ramón Cabral Tavares. After his first wife died, Cabral y Báez married María Josefa Tavares Tineo and they had one daughter, Altagracia Amelia Cabral Tavares. With Sixta América Stéfani, an Italian-Dominican, he had another daughter, Dulce Enilda Altagracia Cabral Stéfani (1925–2008).

References

  1. ↑ Tejada, Adriano Miquel (12 May 1990). "Manual del legislador Dominicano". Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra.
  2. ↑ Mármol, Víctor A. (28 August 2007). "Mármoladas" (in Spanish). Hoy. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  3. ↑ González, Julio (28 March 2009). "Cápsulas Genealógicas: Marcos A. Cabral" (in Spanish). Hoy. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
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