Mario Fermín Cabral y Báez (

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, 1877–

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, 1961) was a politician from the Dominican Republic. He was Senator for the Province of Santiago, and also the

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of the

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three times: 1914–1916, 1930–1938, 1955.

Career

During his tenure as senator he drafted the bill that in 1935 renamed the Dominican capital,

, ''Trujillo City'' in honor of dictator

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; 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

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). 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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cabral Baez, Mario Fermin 1877 births 1961 deaths Báez family Dominican Republic people of French descent Dominican Republic people of Galician descent Dominican Republic people of Portuguese descent Dominican Republic people of Spanish descent Presidents of the Senate of the Dominican Republic White Dominicans Children of presidents of the Dominican Republic 20th-century Dominican Republic politicians