# Juan Pablo Duarte

_Presidente y libertador of the Dominican Republic (1813-1876)_

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> Juan Pablo Duarte y Díez was a Dominican military leader, writer, activist, and nationalist politician who was the foremost of the Founding Fathers of the Dominican Republic and bears the title of Father of the Nation. As one of the most celebrated figures in Dominican history, Duarte is considered a folk hero and revolutionary visionary in the modern Dominican Republic, who, along with military generals Matías Ramón Mella and Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, organized and promoted La Trinitaria, a secret society that eventually led to the Dominican revolt and independence from Haitian rule in 1844 and the start of the Dominican War of Independence.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 26 January 1813 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188122#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Santo Domingo ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188122#P19))
- **Died:** 15 July 1876 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188122#P570))
- **Place of death:** Caracas ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188122#P20))
- **Citizenship:** Dominican Republic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188122#P27))
- **Occupation:** poet; politician; freedom fighter ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188122#P106))
- **Positions held:** President of the Dominican Republic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188122#P39))

## Questions

**When was Juan Pablo Duarte born?**  
Juan Pablo Duarte was born on 26 January 1813 in Santo Domingo.

**What positions has Juan Pablo Duarte held?**  
Positions held by Juan Pablo Duarte include: President of the Dominican Republic.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Juan Pablo Duarte](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Pablo_Duarte) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q188122](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188122) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Juan pablo duarte diez.jpg by Abelardo Rodríguez Urdaneta (1870-1933). (Public domain)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juan_pablo_duarte_diez.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

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