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President of the Dominican Republic (1966–1978); President of the Dominican Republic (1960–1962); Vice President of the Dominican Republic (1957–1960); ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Mexico (since 9 December 1947)."},{"q":"Where did Joaquín Balaguer study?","a":"Joaquín Balaguer was educated at Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, University of Paris."}],"related":[{"name":"Luis Abinader","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/luis-abinader"},{"name":"Danilo Medina","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/danilo-medina"},{"name":"Adolfo Alejandro Nouel","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/adolfo-alejandro-nouel"},{"name":"Juan Pablo Duarte","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/juan-pablo-duarte"},{"name":"Pedro Antonio Pimentel","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pedro-antonio-pimentel"},{"name":"Leonel Fernández","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/leonel-fernandez"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/joaquin-balaguer-4a11ab82e5.jpg","width":500,"height":668,"license":"Public domain","credit":null,"page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joaquin_Balaguer_1977.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Joaquín Balaguer","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn_Balaguer","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q147989","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q147989","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Joaquin Balaguer 1977.jpg (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joaquin_Balaguer_1977.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Joaquín Balaguer, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Joaquin Balaguer 1977.jpg, Public domain.","cite":"\"Joaquín Balaguer\". DigiNepal. Last updated 8 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/joaquin-balaguer. Retrieved 8 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-08T07:57:59Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-08","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/joaquin-balaguer","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/joaquin-balaguer","ne":null}}