José Desiderio Valverde

José Desiderio Valverde (* around 1822 in Santiago de los Caballeros, † 1903) was a Dominican politician and president of the Dominican Republic.

Biography

About the independence movement La Trinitaria he joined in 1844 at the same time the army in and took over as captain at the Dominican - Haitian War of 1844, and at the famous battle of March 30, 1844 part, but was already elected a year later in 1845 the deputies of deputies Assembly of the province of Santiago.

On July 7, 1857, he was as a general leader of the civil, military and ecclesiastical forces in the province of Santiago, which had previously decided on the basis of the mood of the people to not recognize the government of President Buenaventura Báez. Instead, its own provisional government was formed in the regions of Cibao, whose president was Valverde. On July 22, 1857, the Provisional Government of Cibao declared the Provisional Government of the entire Dominican Republic, making it so that was next to the government of Báez another government.

After the adoption of the new liberal constitution of Moca on 19 February 1858 he was due to this on March 1, 1858 President Benigno Filomeno de Rojas with as Vice President. Priorities of his government were alongside the reorganization of the public administration and the army, the introduction of a monetary system. The army was thereby largely led by General Pedro Santana, who soon afterwards besieged the government of President Báez in Santo Domingo and there could count on the support of the population. On June 12, 1858 came the surrender of Báez, who went immediately into exile in Spain.

Instead of the leader of the coup Santana but Valverde was sworn in on the same day as President of the Dominican Republic. However, it appeared at the July 28, 1858 to a renewed coup. Then he was forced to resign and hand over General Santana the office of President. On 31 August 1858, he went also into exile in Polynesia, where he died 45 years later.

In his honor, was on June 7, 1900 named the Valverde province.