Félix María Vásquez Espinal (born 5 April 1943) is a businessman, philanthropist, and politician from the

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. He is Senator for the

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of Sánchez Ramírez, elected in 2006, and re-elected in 2010 with 55.14% of the votes. Vásquez was born into a poor family. He and a brother won a scholarship that allowed them to study in a college. He graduated with a

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in Farming and joined the Dominican Air Force in the Early 1960s. In 1964 he moved to

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, Sánchez Ramírez, to work in the branch of the state-owned Agricultural Bank, five years later, he started a private business. In 1995, he founded the ''Fundación Félix Vásquez''

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. He has been Secretary of State-Advisor and Deputy.

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Living people 1943 births People from Dajabón Province Dominican Republic businesspeople Social Christian Reformist Party politicians Dominican Liberation Party politicians Dominican Republic philanthropists Dominican Republic military personnel Members of the Senate of the Dominican Republic White Dominicans {{DominicanRepublic-politician-stub