Joaquín Balaguer presidency

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The Joaquín Balaguer presidency refers to the long, authoritarian yet development-focused rule of Dominican leader Joaquín Balaguer, marked by political repression, electoral controversy, and significant public works and economic modernization.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political era ⓘ
presidency ⓘ
presidential term ⓘ
appliesToPerson Joaquín Balaguer ⓘ
characterizedBy anti-communism ⓘ
authoritarianism ⓘ
censorship ⓘ
clientelism ⓘ
economic modernization ⓘ
electoral controversy ⓘ
enforced disappearances ⓘ
human rights violations ⓘ
infrastructure development ⓘ
patronage politics ⓘ
political assassinations ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
public works programs ⓘ
rural development projects ⓘ
state surveillance ⓘ
urbanization ⓘ
conflict Dominican Revolutionary Party ⓘ
Dominican leftist movements ⓘ
country Dominican Republic ⓘ
economicPolicy import substitution industrialization ⓘ
infrastructure-focused public spending ⓘ
state-led development ⓘ
electionsDescribedAs fraudulent by opposition ⓘ
unfair by international observers ⓘ
endTime 1962 ⓘ
1978 ⓘ
1996 ⓘ
1996 ⓘ
followedBy Antonio Guzmán Fernández presidency ⓘ
Council of State of the Dominican Republic (1962–1963) ⓘ
Leonel Fernández presidency ⓘ
hasPart first Balaguer presidency ⓘ
second Balaguer presidency ⓘ
third Balaguer presidency ⓘ
ideology authoritarian developmentalism ⓘ
conservatism ⓘ
legacy controversial ⓘ
mix of modernization and repression ⓘ
notableElection 1966 Dominican Republic general election ⓘ
1970 Dominican Republic general election ⓘ
1974 Dominican Republic general election ⓘ
1990 Dominican Republic general election ⓘ
1994 Dominican Republic general election ⓘ
politicalParty Social Christian Reformist Party ⓘ
precededBy Provisional government of Héctor García-Godoy ⓘ
Rafael Trujillo dictatorship ⓘ
Salvador Jorge Blanco presidency ⓘ
startTime 1960 ⓘ
1960 ⓘ
1966 ⓘ
1986 ⓘ
supportedBy Dominican armed forces ⓘ
United States government ⓘ

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April Revolution (Dominican Republic) → relatedTo → Joaquín Balaguer presidency ⓘ
subject linked to: April Revolution
Joaquín Balaguer presidency → hasPart → first Balaguer presidency ⓘ
linked to: Joaquín Balaguer presidency
Joaquín Balaguer presidency → hasPart → second Balaguer presidency ⓘ
linked to: Joaquín Balaguer presidency