Rafael trujillo biography

Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina nicknamed El Jefe was a Dominican military officer and dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from August until his.

Rafael Trujillo was the dictator of the Dominican Republic from until his assassination in Trujillo entered the Dominican army in.

Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina, nicknamed El Jefe, was a Dominican military officer and dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from August until his assassination in May

Rafael Trujillo was a dictator of the Dominican Republic for decades.

Rafael Trujillo, a dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic for more than 30 years, assumed near-absolute control of the Caribbean nation in

Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina, nicknamed El Jefe, was a Dominican military officer and dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from August until his assassination in May.

Rafael Trujillo

Leader of the Dominican Republic from 1930 to 1961

This article is about the former dictator of the Dominican Republic.

For the Spanish sailor, see Rafael Trujillo (sailor).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Trujillo and the second or maternal family name is Molina.

Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina (troo-HEE-yoh; Spanish:[rafaˈelleˈoniðastɾuˈxiʝomoˈlina]; 24 October 1891 – 30 May 1961), nicknamed El Jefe (Spanish:[elˈxefe]; meaning the boss), was a Dominican military officer and dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from August 1930 until his assassination in May 1961.^[2] He served as president from 1930 to 1938 and again from 1942 to 1952, ruling for the rest of his life as an unelected military strongman under figurehead presidents.^{[Note 1]} His rule of 31 years, known to Dominicans as the Trujillo Era (Spanish: El Trujillato or La Era de Trujillo), was one of the longest for a