| Federico Antún Batlle | |
| Birth Date: | 1952 7, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic |
| Party: | Social Christian Reformist Party |
| Spouse: | Liliana Milagros Hernández Muñoz |
| Relations: | Clarissa de la Rocha (second-cousin) Amelia Vega (third-cousin) Manuel Díez Cabral (third-cousin) Nuryn Sanlley (fourth-cousin) Ulises Espaillat (great-great-great-grandfather) |
| Children: | 3 |
| Parents: | Federico Antún Abud, Altagracia Mercedes Batlle Ginebra |
| Residence: | Santo Domingo |
| Profession: | Dominican politician, civil engineer |
| Mawards: | is not set --> |
| Blank1: | Ethnicity |
| Data1: | White Dominican |
| Blank2: | Net worth |
| Data2: | DOP$ 39.5 million (USD$ 1 million[1]) |
Federico Augusto Antún Batlle (b. San Pedro de Macorís, 23 July 1952), nicknamed Quique Antún, is a Dominican politician and civil engineer the Dominican Republic. Antún is the chairman of the third largest political party in his country, the Social Christian Reformist Party.
Federico Antún Batlle was born in San Pedro de Macorís on 23 July 1952 to Altagracia Mercedes Batlle Ginebra and Federico Antún Abud.
Antún Batlle descends through his mother from the colonial aristocratic families of De la Rocha, De Coca, Landeche and Bastidas, baronets of the and the majorat of Bastidas; his great-great-grandfather, Julián de la Rocha y Cubelge, was cousin of Mercedes de la Rocha, who founded Hato Mayor del Rey in 1888. Antún is also descended from the English King, William the Conqueror, and the Castilian King Alfonso X.[2] [3] [4] [5]
His paternal grandparents were Lebanese immigrants.
From 2005 to 2009, he was the chairman of the Social Christian Reformist Party.[6] On 26 January 2014 he was elected chairman again.[7] On 22 February 2015, he was elected as his party nominee to the 2016 presidential election.[8]
He is married to Liliana Milagros Hernández Muñoz and has begotten 3 children: Federico (b. 1978), Frank Augusto (b. 1982), and Jaime Augusto (b. 1984). In 2012, Antún Batlle reported in his affidavit that his net worth is of almost RD$ 40 million.[9]