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Luperón may refer to: * Gregorio Luperón, a president of the Dominican Republic in the 19th century * Luperón, Dominican Republic, a town on the northern coast of the Dominican Republic * Gregorio Luperón International Airport, an airport in the northern Dominican Republic * Gregorio Luperón metro station, a metro station in Santo Domingo * Gregorio Luperón High School for Math & Science, a high school in New York City {{Disambig ...
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Gregorio Luperón
Gregorio Luperón (September 8, 1839 – May 21, 1897) was a Dominican president, military general, businessman, liberal politician, freemason, and Statesman who was one of the leaders in the Restoration of the Dominican Republic after the Spanish annexation in 1863. Luperón was an active member of the Triunvirato of 1866, becoming the President of the Provincial Government in San Felipe de Puerto Plata, and after the successful coup against Cesareo Guillermo, he became the 28th President of the Dominican Republic. During his government in 1879, he incentivised secularism in the Dominican Republic with the help of the General Captain of Puerto Rico and Eugenio María de Hostos. Biography Gregorio Luperón was born 8 September 1839 in Puerto Plata to Pedro Castellanos, a Dominican of Spanish descent, and Nicolasa du Perron (the surname du Perron would later become "Luperón", to sound more Spanish), a black immigrant from the Lesser Antilles. His parents owned a ''ventorril ...
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