José María Cabral Bermúdez Explained

Office:City councilman (Santiago)
Term Start:1932
Term End:1940
José Mª. Cabral Bermúdez
Birth Date:1902 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Nationality:Dominican
Alma Mater:Universidad de Santo Domingo (1927)
Occupation:Lawyer
Boards:Banco de Reservas
Spouse:Mercedes Amalia Vega Batlle
Children:María Josefina, José María, Petrica, Marco Buenaventura
Parents:José María Cabral y Báez (father), María Petronila Bermúdez Rochet (mother)
Relatives:Buenaventura Báez (great-grandfather), Manuel Díez Cabral (grandson), Donald Reid Cabral (nephew), Manuel del Cabral (cousin), Julio Vega Batlle (brother-in-law), Juan Bautista Vicini Cabral (nephew), José León Asensio (son-in-law)

José María Cabral Bermúdez (1902–1984) was a lawyer and businessman from the Dominican Republic. Cabral was member of the first junta that ruled the Dominican Republic after the fall of the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo.

He was born into an upper class family, and was in his days the most important oligarch of the Dominican Republic.[1]

Cabral Bermúdez was vice-president of the Reserve Bank of the Dominican Republic, and member of the administrative council of Ingenio Cristóbal Colón, a sugar company.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Institute of Latin American Studies. Iberoamericana: Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Volúmenes 24-25. 1994. Scandinavian Committee for Research on Latin America. 93. 8 March 2016. Spanish. En discurso del 18 de diciembre Balaguer anunció la formación de un Consejo de Estado, en el cual participarían, junto a él como presidente, representantes del bando enemigo: Rafael Bonnelly, como vicepresidente, José María Cabral Bermúdez (jefe de la oligarquía), monseñor Eliseo Pérez Sánchez, Nicolás Pichardo, Antonio Imbert y Luis Amiama.
  2. Book: Hilton. Ronald. Who's Who in Latin America: Part VII, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Haiti. 1951. Stanford University Press. Redwood City, California. 9780804707572. 54. 8 March 2016.