Héctor Bienvenido "Negro" Trujillo Molina (6 April 1908 – 19 October 2002) was a Dominican politician and

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who was the 40th

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from 1952 until 1960. He was the brother and puppet of former president and dictator

Rafael Trujillo Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina ( ; ; 24 October 1891 – 30 May 1961), nicknamed ''El Jefe'' (; "the boss"), was a Dominican military officer and dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from August 1930 until Rafael Trujillo#Assassination, ...

, the person who held the real power behind-the-scenes.

Biography

Héctor Trujillo, nicknamed ''Negro'' for his facial features and dark complexion, was the youngest brother of Rafael Trujillo. After Trujillo rose to power in 1930, Hector entered the Army and advanced rapidly. He reached the rank of a major general before he was appointed "Secretary of State for War and Navy" in 1942. In 1944, he became "General of the Army', a newly created title. Aside from his military activities, Hector was busy amassing land and money. A philanderer, he became engaged to Alma McLaughlin in 1937, and the marriage eventually took place two decades later. Héctor Trujillo worked as a "puppet" for his brother who had all the control; made president on August 16, 1952, he was asked to resign on August 3, 1960, when his brother reshuffled the government.Crassweller RD, ibid, page 375 He died of natural causes in

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on October 19, 2002. Trujillo was married to Alma McLaughlin Simó. The couple had no children.

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Rafael Trujillo Presidents of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic people of Canarian descent Dominican Republic people of French descent Dominican Republic people of Haitian descent Dominican Republic people of Spanish descent People from San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic 1908 births 2002 deaths Dominican Party politicians Dominican Republic military personnel Dominican Republic anti-communists Grand Crosses Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Mixed Dominicans {{DominicanRepublic-politician-stub