In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Figuereo and the second or maternal family name is C*ó. Wenceslao Figuereo

Wenceslao "Mano Lao" Figuereo C*ó (1834 – January 10, 1910) was a Dominican politician. He joined the Los Bolos party politician as a young man. Figuereo became President of the Dominican Republic on July 26, 1899, following the **ination of President Ulises Heureaux.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Political career
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Early life

Figuereo was born in Saint-Jean de la Maguâna (now San Juan de la Maguana) in 1834.

He was born to a half-Taino and half-African enslaved woman by the name of Simona. His father was of noble descent, a plantation owner and slave driver named Telésforo Objío Noble. Objío 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 Telésforo, 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 **ination of the two term President of Dominican Republic in Moca, Dominican Republic on July 26, 1899, Figuereo *umed 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.

Figuereo was married to María Isabel Balbina Juanes Sánchez, who became the country's first lady at the age of 64. She remains the oldest woman to become first lady in the Dominican Republic's history.

Figuerero died in 1910 at age 76.

References

External links

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