Died 1961 | ||
Mario Fermín Cabral y Báez (Baní, 1877–Santo Domingo, 1961) was a politician from the Dominican Republic. He was Senator for the Province of Santiago, and also the President of the Senate of the Dominican Republic on three times: 1914–1916, 1930–1938, 1955.
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Career
During his tenure as senator he drafted the bill that in 1935 renamed the Dominican capital, Santo Domingo, for Trujillo City in honor of dictator Rafael Trujillo; he also promoted in 1943 the construction of Centro de Los Heroes in the capital city.
Family
Cabral y Báez was son of Marcos Antonio Cabral y Figueredo and Altagracia Amelia Báez Andújar (daughter of President Buenaventura Báez). On 24 November 1900, Cabral y Báez married Amelia Josefa Tavares Saviñón and they had 4 children: María Estela, Pura Amelia, Manuel Antonio and Ramón Cabral Tavares. He enwidowed and remarried with María Josefa Tavares Tineo, they had one girl: Altagracia Amelia Cabral Tavares. He also procreated with Sixta América Stéfani, an Italian-Dominican, another girl: Dulce Enilda Altagracia Cabral Stéfani (1925–2008).