Federico Henríquez y Carvajal (16 September 1848 – 4 February 1952) was a writer, journalist and teacher from the

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Biography

Born in

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, Henríquez y Carvajal was the son of Noel Henríquez Altías, a Dutch Sephardic Jew from

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, and Clotilde Carvajal Fernández, a Dominican woman; he had 10 siblings, including Francisco Henríquez y Carvajal, who was President of the Dominican Republic. Henríquez was uncle of Francisco,

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, , and

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. He was married to Carmen María Amalia García Ricardo and had 10 children: Ángel Porfirio, Flor de María Gregoria, Fernando Abel, Luz, Carmela, Enriquillo, Federico Noel, Luis Adolfo, Salvador Colombino, and Carmita María Adelina. Henríquez was Rector of the

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and Chairman of the

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. He also was Justice-President of the

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and Minister of Home Affairs.

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