Wenceslao Figuereo

Wenceslao "Mano Lao" Figuereo Cassó was born in Saint-Jean de la Maguâna (now San Juan de la Maguana) in 1834. Wenceslao Figuereo grew into the role of a Los Bolos party politician as a young man. Figuerero died in 1910 at age 76.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Figuereo and the second or maternal family name is Cassó.

Early life

Wenceslao was born to a half-Taino and half-African slave by the name of Simona. His father was of noble descent, a plantation owner and slave driver named Telesforo Objio Noble. Objio Noble would later free Simona and Wenceslao and properly partner Simona. Simona changed her name to Catalina when adopted into formal society. Wenceslao, having a strained relationship with Telesforo, would be taken in by the Figuereo plantation and mentored from an early age by the Los Bolos political party.

Political career

Before political success, a 14-year-old Wenceslao Figuereo displayed initiative in Dominican politics in the context of partaking in the pro-independence battles. A decorated General, later on, Los Bolos politician, Wenceslao "Chachi" Figuereo, became the Vice President after undertaking many political positions under the administration of Ulises Heureaux, and after the assassination of the two term President of Dominican Republic in Moca, Dominican Republic on July 26, 1899, Figuereo assumed the presidency. His term as Vice President of the Dominican Republic spanned from 1893 to 1899 and his term as the 27th President of the Dominican Republic spanned from the 26th of July to the 30th of August in 1899.

References

• WIKIDOMINICANA
• Important Dominican Families
• Dominican Presidents
• Ulises y Figuereo
• WIKIPEDIA Wenceslao Figuereo

Political offices
Preceded by Manuel María Gautier	Vice President of the Dominican Republic 1893–1899	Succeeded by Horacio Vásquez