Manuel Troncoso de la Concha

Manuel de Jesús María Ulpiano Troncoso de la Concha (3 April 1878 – 30 May 1955) was a Dominican politician and intellectual who was the 38th president of the Dominican Republic from 1940 until 1942. Prior to ascending to the presidency, he was the 23rd vice president under President Jacinto Peynado from 1938 to 1940. Troncoso became president upon the resignation of Peynado. He also served in 1911 during the reign of the Council of Secretaries. He is also known in the Dominican Republic as Pipí.

Troncoso assumed the presidency after President Peynado resigned on 24 February 1940, a few weeks before dying on 7 March. Despite being the president, Troncoso had little power due to the fact that at the time, he was a puppet of Rafael Trujillo, the ''de facto'' leader of the country due to his position as generalissimo, the ''de facto'' head of state and head of government of the country at the time since Trujillo created that position in 1934. Provided by Wikipedia