Joaquín Balaguer presidency

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political era presidency presidential term

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
first Balaguer presidency	0
second Balaguer presidency	0
third Balaguer presidency	0

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political era ⓘ presidency ⓘ presidential term ⓘ
appliesToPerson	Joaquín Balaguer NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ 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) NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonel Fernández presidency ⓘ
hasPart	first Balaguer presidency NERFINISHED ⓘ second Balaguer presidency NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Provisional government of Héctor García-Godoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Rafael Trujillo dictatorship NERFINISHED ⓘ Salvador Jorge Blanco presidency ⓘ
startTime	1960 ⓘ 1960 ⓘ 1966 ⓘ 1986 ⓘ
supportedBy	Dominican armed forces NERFINISHED ⓘ United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ

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April Revolution → relatedTo → Joaquín Balaguer presidency ⓘ

subject surface form: April Revolution (Dominican Republic)