Juan Bosch (politician)

Juan Emilio Bosch y Gaviño (30 June 1909 – 1 November 2001), also known as ''El Profesor'' (Spanish for ''the Teacher''), was a Dominican politician, historian, writer of short stories and novels, essayist, educator, and the first democratically elected president of the Dominican Republic for seven months in 1963.

Previously he had been the leader of the Dominican opposition in exile to the dictatorial regime of Rafael Trujillo for over 25 years. He is remembered as an honest politician and regarded as one of the most prominent writers in Dominican literature. He helped found the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) in 1939, and left it in 1973 to found the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD). Provided by Wikipedia