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href="/wiki/Excellency" title="Excellency">His Excellency</a></div><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Hipólito Mejía</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Hipolito_mejia_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Hipolito_mejia_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Hipolito_mejia_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Hipolito_mejia_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Hipolito_mejia_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Hipolito_mejia_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="370" data-file-height="492" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Hipólito Mejía, 2003</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">51st <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Dominican_Republic" title="President of the Dominican Republic">President of the Dominican Republic</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />16 August 2000 – 16 August 2004</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_Dominican_Republic" title="Vice President of the Dominican Republic">Vice President</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Milagros_Ortiz_Bosch" title="Milagros Ortiz Bosch">Milagros Ortiz Bosch</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Leonel_Fern%C3%A1ndez" title="Leonel Fernández">Leonel Fernández</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Leonel Fernández</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Secretary of Agriculture of the Dominican Republic</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />16 August 1978 – 16 August 1982</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Guzm%C3%A1n_Fern%C3%A1ndez" title="Antonio Guzmán Fernández">Antonio Guzmán</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jacobo_Majluta" title="Jacobo Majluta">Jacobo Majluta</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Pedro Agustín Bretón Taveras<sup id="cite_ref-hoy.com.do_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hoy.com.do-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">José Rafael Ángeles Suárez<sup id="cite_ref-hoy.com.do_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hoy.com.do-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1941-02-22</span>) </span>22 February 1941<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 83)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Santiago_de_los_Caballeros" title="Santiago de los Caballeros">Santiago de los Caballeros</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Modern_Revolutionary_Party" title="Modern Revolutionary Party">Modern Revolutionary Party</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Revolutionary_Party" title="Dominican Revolutionary Party">Dominican Revolutionary Party</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Rosa_G%C3%B3mez_de_Mej%C3%ADa" title="Rosa Gómez de Mejía">Rosa Altagracia Gómez Arias</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1964; died 2022)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ram%C3%B3n_Hip%C3%B3lito_Luis_Mej%C3%ADa_G%C3%B3mez&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ramón Hipólito Luis Mejía Gómez (page does not exist)">Ramón Hipólito Luis Mejía Gómez</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rafael_Hip%C3%B3lito_Felipe_Mej%C3%ADa_G%C3%B3mez&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rafael Hipólito Felipe Mejía Gómez (page does not exist)">Rafael Hipólito Felipe Mejía Gómez</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rosa_Carolina_Mej%C3%ADa_G%C3%B3mez_de_Garrig%C3%B3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rosa Carolina Mejía Gómez de Garrigó (page does not exist)">Rosa Carolina Mejía Gómez de Garrigó</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lissa_Rosina_Mej%C3%ADa_G%C3%B3mez&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lissa Rosina Mejía Gómez (page does not exist)">Lissa Rosina Mejía Gómez</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Isabel (a) Chabela Mejía (sister)</li> <li>Sergio Grullón Estrella (brother-in-law)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Isidro_Jimenes_Grull%C3%B3n" title="Juan Isidro Jimenes Grullón">Juan Isidro Jimenes Grullón</a> (second cousin)<sup id="cite_ref-DL-parentesco_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DL-parentesco-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_State_University" title="North Carolina State University">North Carolina State University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Hometown</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gurabo,_Dominican_Republic" title="Gurabo, Dominican Republic">Gurabo</a>, Dominican Republic</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Rafael Hipólito Mejía Domínguez</b> (born 22 February 1941) is a <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican</a><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Americans" title="Dominican Americans">-American</a> politician who served as <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Dominican_Republic" title="President of the Dominican Republic">President of the Dominican Republic</a> from 2000 to 2004. </p><p>During his presidential term in office the country was affected by one of its worst economic crises, generated by the bankruptcy of three major commercial banks in the country, which resulted in high inflation, high country risk rating, currency devaluation and increasing local poverty.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mejía sent 604 Dominican troops to fight in the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2004_Dominican_Republic_presidential_election" title="2004 Dominican Republic presidential election">presidential election of 2004</a>, he ran for a second term as the candidate of the <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Revolutionary_Party" title="Dominican Revolutionary Party">Dominican Revolutionary Party</a> but he was defeated by <a href="/wiki/Leonel_Fern%C3%A1ndez" title="Leonel Fernández">Leonel Fernández</a>, whom he had succeeded as president in 2000,<sup id="cite_ref-fernadezrules_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fernadezrules-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from the <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Liberation_Party" title="Dominican Liberation Party">Dominican Liberation Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hip%C3%B3lito_Mej%C3%ADa&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mejía Domínguez was born on 22 February 1941 at the <i>José María Cabral y Báez</i> Hospital in <a href="/wiki/Santiago_de_los_Caballeros" title="Santiago de los Caballeros">Santiago de los Caballeros</a>, as the first child of Hipólito de Jesús ‘Polín’ Mejía Díaz and María Josefa ‘Marina’ Domínguez Viñals, both native of La Chichigua in <a href="/wiki/Gurabo,_Dominican_Republic" title="Gurabo, Dominican Republic">Gurabo</a>, place where he was raised. In his hometown he is known as <i>Cabuyita</i>, diminutive for <i>cabuya</i> (<a href="/wiki/Spanish_language_in_the_Americas" title="Spanish language in the Americas">Latin American Spanish</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Agave#Uses" title="Agave">Agave</a> <a href="/wiki/Twine" title="Twine">twine</a>"), because of the long <a href="/wiki/Blond" title="Blond">blond</a> <a href="/wiki/Straight_hair" class="mw-redirect" title="Straight hair">straight hair</a> that he had during his youth.<sup id="cite_ref-Caribe2012_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Caribe2012-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-eldia2012_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eldia2012-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mejía received a high school diploma from the <a href="/wiki/Loyola_Polytechnic_Institute" title="Loyola Polytechnic Institute">Loyola Polytechnic Institute</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Crist%C3%B3bal,_Dominican_Republic" title="San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic">San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic</a>, graduating in 1962. Two years later, he attended special programs at <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_State_University" title="North Carolina State University">North Carolina State University</a> in the United States. On 4 July 1964 he married <a href="/wiki/Rosa_G%C3%B3mez_de_Mej%C3%ADa" title="Rosa Gómez de Mejía">Rosa Gómez Arias</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> his <a href="/wiki/Cousin" title="Cousin">third cousin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have four children, among them, <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Mej%C3%ADa_de_Garrig%C3%B3" class="mw-redirect" title="Carolina Mejía de Garrigó">Carolina Mejía de Garrigó</a>, a 2016 vice-presidential candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-pucmm_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pucmm-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At age twenty-four, he was appointed director and undersecretary of the national Tobacco Institute. In 1978, he was appointed Minister of Agriculture under the government of President <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Guzm%C3%A1n_Fern%C3%A1ndez" title="Antonio Guzmán Fernández">Antonio Guzmán Fernández</a>. During this period, <a href="/wiki/Agri-business" class="mw-redirect" title="Agri-business">agri-business</a> incentive laws were passed and programs to promote rural agriculture development and technification were undertaken.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1982, Mejia was defeated in his campaign to become senator from Santiago Province. In 1990, he was named vice-presidential candidate on the ticket of <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Revolutionary_Party" title="Dominican Revolutionary Party">Dominican Revolutionary Party</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Francisco_Pe%C3%B1a_G%C3%B3mez" title="José Francisco Peña Gómez">José Francisco Peña Gómez</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presidency">Presidency</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hip%C3%B3lito_Mej%C3%ADa&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Presidency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2000, Mejía ran for president as the candidate of the left leaning Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) on a program to increase health, education, and social security services through tax hikes. He led the field in the <a href="/wiki/2000_Dominican_Republic_presidential_election" title="2000 Dominican Republic presidential election">2000 presidential election</a>, taking 49.87% of the vote in the first round. His main opponents, <a href="/wiki/Danilo_Medina" title="Danilo Medina">Danilo Medina</a> and former president <a href="/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn_Balaguer" title="Joaquín Balaguer">Joaquín Balaguer</a>, received 24.9% and 24.6% of the vote, respectively. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hipolito_mejia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Hipolito_mejia.jpg/200px-Hipolito_mejia.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="292" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Hipolito_mejia.jpg/300px-Hipolito_mejia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Hipolito_mejia.jpg/400px-Hipolito_mejia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="1316" /></a><figcaption>Mejia in a meeting with the U.S. Secretary of Defense <a href="/wiki/Donald_H._Rumsfeld" class="mw-redirect" title="Donald H. Rumsfeld">Donald H. Rumsfeld</a> in the <a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">Pentagon</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>With Mejía just a few thousand votes short of the threshold for avoiding a runoff, his supporters claimed victory and urged Medina to concede. Medina soon realized that he stood no chance of closing a nearly 25-point gap with Mejía, especially when Balaguer suggested that some of his supporters might cross over to the PRD in the runoff. Medina would have needed nearly all of Balaguer's voters to cross over to him in order to have any realistic chance of winning. Accordingly, Medina pulled out of the runoff, handing the presidency to Mejía.<sup id="cite_ref-shuns_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shuns-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mejía took office on 16 August of that year.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his presidency, he supported many popular issues, like social security, helping small businesses, agriculture, improving education and helping with adequate housing. He received considerable support from the people during the first two years of his mandate, which caused his party to win the congressional and municipal elections taking control of the Senate with 29 out of 31 senators. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Defense.gov_News_Photo_030521-D-9880W-015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Defense.gov_News_Photo_030521-D-9880W-015.jpg/200px-Defense.gov_News_Photo_030521-D-9880W-015.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Defense.gov_News_Photo_030521-D-9880W-015.jpg/300px-Defense.gov_News_Photo_030521-D-9880W-015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Defense.gov_News_Photo_030521-D-9880W-015.jpg/400px-Defense.gov_News_Photo_030521-D-9880W-015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2751" data-file-height="1915" /></a><figcaption>Hipólito Mejía (right) with <a href="/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld" title="Donald Rumsfeld">Donald Rumsfeld</a> (left)</figcaption></figure> <p>During Mejía’s term, the country's second largest privately held commercial bank, <a href="/wiki/Baninter" class="mw-redirect" title="Baninter">Baninter</a>, collapsed in a spectacular failure tied to long-standing political corruption. However, no evidence has ever linked Mejia to any corruption nor was he ever taken to court. Actually, it was later proved by international organizations such as the <a href="/wiki/International_Monetary_Fund" title="International Monetary Fund">International Monetary Fund</a> that the bank was fraudulently caused to fail − something for which its President and CEO <a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_B%C3%A1ez_Figueroa" title="Ramón Báez Figueroa">Ramón Báez Figueroa</a> was years later found guilty and sentenced to 10 years in prison. </p><p>During his term, Mejía attempted to spread government resources and services to thousands of smaller, rural communities scattered around the country instead of the traditional efforts to concentrate on big cities (where most voters live). He established the country's first social security type retirement system, and created a fixed advanced corporate tax of 1.5% to aid in government revenue collection. </p><p>His administration was packed with corruption and cronyism and also was not able to achieve the economic success and stability of his predecessor.<sup id="cite_ref-fernadezrules_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fernadezrules-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2004, the Haiti Commission of Inquiry, headed by former US attorney general <a href="/wiki/Ramsey_Clark" title="Ramsey Clark">Ramsey Clark</a>, published its findings : "Noting that 200 US special forces had travelled to the Dominican Republic for “military exercises” in February 2003, the commission accused the US of arming and training Haitian rebels there. With permission from the Dominican president, Hipólito Mejía, US forces trained near the border, in an area used by former soldiers of the disbanded Haitian army to launch attacks on Haitian state property."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2004_Dominican_Republic_presidential_election" title="2004 Dominican Republic presidential election">2004 presidential election</a>, he was defeated by <a href="/wiki/Leonel_Fern%C3%A1ndez" title="Leonel Fernández">Leonel Fernández</a>, when he ran for re-election for a second term. </p><p>By the time Mejía left office, the Dominican Republic was undergoing a major economic crisis.<sup id="cite_ref-fernadezrules_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fernadezrules-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mejía again contested the <a href="/wiki/2012_Dominican_Republic_presidential_election" title="2012 Dominican Republic presidential election">2012 presidential election</a>, losing to <a href="/wiki/Danilo_Medina" title="Danilo Medina">Danilo Medina</a>, his 2000 election opponent.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticism">Criticism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hip%C3%B3lito_Mej%C3%ADa&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In his time, Mejía faced both the highest and then the lowest approval ratings for a Constitutional President in recent times.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mejía's first presidential campaign in 2000 won him the first Dominican presidency under then new electoral rules that required a "50 más 1" (50 percent plus one of the total votes in order to win in the first voting round.) This was in stark contrast to the late <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Revolutionary_Party" title="Dominican Revolutionary Party">PRD</a> leader, <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Francisco_Pe%C3%B1a_G%C3%B3mez" title="José Francisco Peña Gómez">José Francisco Peña Gómez</a>, who unsuccessfully ran for office three times consecutively (1990, 1994 and 1996) and never received the support that Mejia received in his first attempt. </p><p>While holding the seat of Head of State, Mejía actively sought to change the then current <a href="/wiki/Constitution" title="Constitution">constitution</a> in order for it to allow consecutive presidential re-elections. This was achieved with the aid of his party's majority stake at both legislative chambers (Senate and Lower Chamber). The original constitution prevented the previous president from contending against him in 2000. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ancestry">Ancestry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hip%C3%B3lito_Mej%C3%ADa&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ancestry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Rafael_Hip%C3%B3lito_Mej%C3%ADa_Dom%C3%ADnguez_(Order_of_Isabella_the_Catholic).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Coat_of_Arms_of_Rafael_Hip%C3%B3lito_Mej%C3%ADa_Dom%C3%ADnguez_%28Order_of_Isabella_the_Catholic%29.svg/160px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Rafael_Hip%C3%B3lito_Mej%C3%ADa_Dom%C3%ADnguez_%28Order_of_Isabella_the_Catholic%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="160" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Coat_of_Arms_of_Rafael_Hip%C3%B3lito_Mej%C3%ADa_Dom%C3%ADnguez_%28Order_of_Isabella_the_Catholic%29.svg/240px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Rafael_Hip%C3%B3lito_Mej%C3%ADa_Dom%C3%ADnguez_%28Order_of_Isabella_the_Catholic%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Coat_of_Arms_of_Rafael_Hip%C3%B3lito_Mej%C3%ADa_Dom%C3%ADnguez_%28Order_of_Isabella_the_Catholic%29.svg/320px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Rafael_Hip%C3%B3lito_Mej%C3%ADa_Dom%C3%ADnguez_%28Order_of_Isabella_the_Catholic%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="655" data-file-height="975" /></a><figcaption>Coat of arms of Rafael Hipólito Mejía Domínguez as Knight Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, attributed by Spain.</figcaption></figure> <p>Three of Mejía′s grandparents were farmers native to Gurabo (Santiago Province, not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Gurabo,_Puerto_Rico" title="Gurabo, Puerto Rico">a city in Puerto Rico</a>) while his paternal grandfather, Segundo Mejía Mejía, was from Hato de San Marcos de Cañafístol (Peravia Province), then a ranch estate near <a href="/wiki/Ban%C3%AD" title="Baní">Baní</a>. </p><p>The Domínguez and the Díaz hails from Gurabo, being of colonial Canarian background. These families were traditionally farmers and merchants. </p><p>The Viñals hails from Santo Domingo of colonial Catalan background. </p><p>The Mejías from Cañafístol, Baní, were well-to-do <a href="/wiki/White_Dominicans" title="White Dominicans">white</a> ranchers linked to the colonial petite aristocracy since the 1500s; endogamy was the custom in small communities and almost every generation of the Mejías married with relatives, meaning that Hipólito Mejía's bloodline includes several <a href="/wiki/Cousin_marriage" title="Cousin marriage">cousin marriages</a>. President Mejía himself was married to a cousin, as well, until his wife's death in 2022. </p><p>Through his Báez, Villar and Soto ancestors, President Mejía is distantly related through many lines to President <a href="/wiki/Danilo_Medina" title="Danilo Medina">Danilo Medina</a>, via Medina′s paternal grandfather —José María Medina Báez— who, alike Mejía′s paternal grandfather, was also from Baní. Three of Medina Báez grandparents were surnamed Báez. Their shared ancestors includes Lorenzo Báez de Cuéllar-Albornoz (seven times seventh cousins through him), Pedro del Villar María (four times seventh cousins through him), María de la Cruz de Arambule Maldonado (four times sixth cousins through her), Esteban Peguero Gómez (seven times ninth cousins through him), and Antonio de Soto y Hernández de Andújar. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Popular_culture">Popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hip%C3%B3lito_Mej%C3%ADa&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A political poster with Mejía's face appears in the music video of <a href="/wiki/Green_Day" title="Green Day">Green Day</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Warning_(Green_Day_album)" title="Warning (Green Day album)">Warning</a>" at the time frame 1:55. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hip%C3%B3lito_Mej%C3%ADa&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most references are translated into English, although their external verifiable sources are written in Spanish. 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El Caribe. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2012/03/17/hipolito-fue-nino-mimado-">the original</a> on 20 March 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 May</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Hip%C3%B3lito+fue+el+ni%C3%B1o+mimado+de+%27Belica%27&rft.date=2012-03-17&rft.aulast=Quezada&rft.aufirst=Oscar&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elcaribe.com.do%2F2012%2F03%2F17%2Fhipolito-fue-nino-mimado-&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHip%C3%B3lito+Mej%C3%ADa" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-eldia2012-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-eldia2012_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTorres2012" class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Torres, Leisy (22 April 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160505010254/http://eldia.com.do/%C2%93hipolito-mejia-nunca-hablaba-mentiras%C2%94/">"Hipólito Mejía nunca hablaba mentiras"</a> (in Spanish). Gurabo, Santiago: El Día. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://eldia.com.do/%C2%93hipolito-mejia-nunca-hablaba-mentiras%C2%94/">the original</a> on 5 May 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 May</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Hip%C3%B3lito+Mej%C3%ADa+nunca+hablaba+mentiras&rft.date=2012-04-22&rft.aulast=Torres&rft.aufirst=Leisy&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Feldia.com.do%2F%25C2%2593hipolito-mejia-nunca-hablaba-mentiras%25C2%2594%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHip%C3%B3lito+Mej%C3%ADa" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150503172009/http://opac.pucmm.edu.do:7001/virtuales/html/dominicanos2/DonaRosa/biografia.htm">"Doña Rosa Gómez de Mejía"</a> (in Spanish). <a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Catholic_University_Mother_and_Teacher" class="mw-redirect" title="Pontifical Catholic University Mother and Teacher">Pontifical Catholic University Mother and Teacher</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://opac.pucmm.edu.do:7001/virtuales/html/dominicanos2/DonaRosa/biografia.htm">the original</a> on 3 May 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Dominican Institute of Genealogy. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.idg.org.do/capsulas/abril2011/abril20112.htm">the original</a> on 9 July 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 May</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Parentescos+entre+Primeras+Damas+y+Presidentes+%284+de+4%29&rft.pub=Dominican+Institute+of+Genealogy&rft.date=2011-04-02&rft.aulast=Gonz%C3%A1lez+Hern%C3%A1ndez&rft.aufirst=Julio+Amable&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.idg.org.do%2Fcapsulas%2Fabril2011%2Fabril20112.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHip%C3%B3lito+Mej%C3%ADa" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pucmm-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-pucmm_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://opac.pucmm.edu.do/virtuales/html/Dominicanos2/DonaRosa/biografia.htm">"Doña Rosa Gómez de Mejía biografia"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Pontificia_Universidad_Cat%C3%B3lica_Madre_y_Maestra" title="Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra">Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra</a></i>. 2007. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210713123255/https://opac.pucmm.edu.do/virtuales/html/Dominicanos2/DonaRosa/biografia.htm">Archived</a> from the original on 2021-07-13<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2021-07-09</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Pontificia+Universidad+Cat%C3%B3lica+Madre+y+Maestra&rft.atitle=Do%C3%B1a+Rosa+G%C3%B3mez+de+Mej%C3%ADa+biografia&rft.date=2007&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fopac.pucmm.edu.do%2Fvirtuales%2Fhtml%2FDominicanos2%2FDonaRosa%2Fbiografia.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHip%C3%B3lito+Mej%C3%ADa" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-shuns-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-shuns_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGonzalez2000" class="citation news cs1">Gonzalez, David (2000-05-19). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/19/world/dominican-wins-presidency-as-opponent-shuns-runoff.html">"Dominican Wins Presidency As Opponent Shuns Runoff"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2010-05-15</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Dominican+Wins+Presidency+As+Opponent+Shuns+Runoff&rft.date=2000-05-19&rft.aulast=Gonzalez&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2000%2F05%2F19%2Fworld%2Fdominican-wins-presidency-as-opponent-shuns-runoff.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHip%C3%B3lito+Mej%C3%ADa" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-aug-17-mn-5874-story.html">"President Mejia, Cabinet Sworn In"</a>. <i>Los Angeles Times</i>. 17 August 2000<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 April</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Times&rft.atitle=President+Mejia%2C+Cabinet+Sworn+In&rft.date=2000-08-17&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Farchives%2Fla-xpm-2000-aug-17-mn-5874-story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHip%C3%B3lito+Mej%C3%ADa" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mondediplo.com/2004/09/09haiti">"Haiti: Titide's downfall"</a>. September 2004.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Haiti%3A+Titide%27s+downfall&rft.date=2004-09&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmondediplo.com%2F2004%2F09%2F09haiti&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHip%C3%B3lito+Mej%C3%ADa" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-18171632">"Dominican Republic vote: Hipolito Mejia decries result"</a>. BBC. 23 May 2002<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 April</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Dominican+Republic+vote%3A+Hipolito+Mejia+decries+result&rft.date=2002-05-23&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld-latin-america-18171632&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHip%C3%B3lito+Mej%C3%ADa" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>"El ex presidente Hipólito Mejía ha perdido popularidad entre los electores."</i> <br />The ex president Hipólito Mejía has lost popularity among the electorate. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.elcaribecdn.com/articulo_multimedios.aspx?id=89736&guid=E145B31EF31F403B822DD2EDE37AE798&Seccion=63">www.ElCaribeCDN.com</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>"En las últimas encuestas la popularidad de Mejía ha declinado y la de Fernández ha ido en aumento. En la encuesta de El Caribe, por ejemplo, realizada por Penn, Schoen & Berland, el ex presidente tiene 60% de opinión favorable, mientras que el Presidente tiene sólo 51% de opinión favorable."</i> <br /> In the last polls, the popularity of Mejia has been dwindling ... in the poll conducted by <a href="/wiki/Penn,_Schoen_%26_Berland" class="mw-redirect" title="Penn, Schoen & Berland">Penn, Schoen & Berland</a> ... the President only has a 51% of approval. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pciudadana.com/articulos_analisis/art_2002/04272002por_fausto_rosario.htm">www.pcciudadana.com</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071130064138/http://www.pciudadana.com/articulos_analisis/art_2002/04272002por_fausto_rosario.htm">Archived</a> November 30, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>"La popularidad de Mejía se sitúa, en todas las encuestas, en el 10%, más o menos."</i> The popularity of Mejía is placed, in all the polls, in the 10%, give or take. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.americaeconomica.com/numeros4/253/reportajes/norma253.htm">www.AmericaEconomica.com</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034805/http://www.americaeconomica.com/numeros4/253/reportajes/norma253.htm">Archived</a> 2016-03-04 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hip%C3%B3lito_Mej%C3%ADa&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Jimenes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buenaventura_B%C3%A1ez" title="Buenaventura Báez">B. Báez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Santana" title="Pedro Santana">Santana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manuel_de_Regla_Mota" title="Manuel de Regla Mota">Regla Mota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buenaventura_B%C3%A1ez" title="Buenaventura Báez">B. Báez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Desiderio_Valverde" title="José Desiderio Valverde">Valverde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Santana" title="Pedro Santana">Santana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_occupation_of_the_Dominican_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish occupation of the Dominican Republic">Spanish occupation (1861–1865)</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of the Dominican Republic"><img alt="Coat of arms of the Dominican Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/90px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/135px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/180px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="336" data-file-height="336" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Restoration_War" title="Dominican Restoration War">Restoration War (1863–1865)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Salcedo" title="José Antonio Salcedo">Salcedo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaspar_Polanco" title="Gaspar Polanco">Polanco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benigno_Filomeno_de_Rojas" title="Benigno Filomeno de Rojas">Rojas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1865–1924</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Antonio_Pimentel" title="Pedro Antonio Pimentel">Pimentel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Cabral" title="José María Cabral">J. Cabral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Guillermo" title="Pedro Guillermo">P. Guillermo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buenaventura_B%C3%A1ez" title="Buenaventura Báez">B. Báez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Cabral" title="José María Cabral">J. Cabral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buenaventura_B%C3%A1ez" title="Buenaventura Báez">B. Báez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ignacio_Mar%C3%ADa_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(politician)" title="Ignacio María González (politician)">González</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulises_Francisco_Espaillat" title="Ulises Francisco Espaillat">Espaillat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ignacio_Mar%C3%ADa_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(politician)" title="Ignacio María González (politician)">González</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcos_Antonio_Cabral" title="Marcos Antonio Cabral">M. Cabral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buenaventura_B%C3%A1ez" title="Buenaventura Báez">B. Báez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ignacio_Mar%C3%ADa_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(politician)" title="Ignacio María González (politician)">González</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cesareo_Guillermo" title="Cesareo Guillermo">C. Guillermo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ignacio_Mar%C3%ADa_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(politician)" title="Ignacio María González (politician)">González</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacinto_de_Castro" title="Jacinto de Castro">Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cesareo_Guillermo" title="Cesareo Guillermo">C. 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Jimenes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horacio_V%C3%A1squez" title="Horacio Vásquez">Vásquez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Woss_y_Gil" title="Alejandro Woss y Gil">Woss y Gil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Felipe_Morales" class="mw-redirect" title="Carlos Felipe Morales">Morales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_C%C3%A1ceres" title="Ramón Cáceres">Cáceres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eladio_Victoria" title="Eladio Victoria">Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolfo_Alejandro_Nouel" title="Adolfo Alejandro Nouel">Nouel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Bordas_Valdez" title="José Bordas Valdez">Bordas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_B%C3%A1ez" title="Ramón Báez">R. Báez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Isidro_Jimenes_Pereyra" class="mw-redirect" title="Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra">J. 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