Juan Bautista Vicini Burgos

"Juan Bautista Vicini" redirects here. For his half-nephew, see Juan Bautista Vicini Cabral.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vicini and the second or maternal family name is Burgos.

Juan Bautista Vicini Burgos (19 July 1871 – 25 May 1935) was a Dominican political figure. He served as provisional president of the Dominican Republic between 1922 and 1924 during the U.S. military occupation.

Juan Bautista Vicini Burgos

Early life

Juan Bautista Vicini was born on 19 July 1871 to Italian immigrant Juan Bautista Vicini Cánepa (born Giovanni Battista Vicini) and his concubine María Burgos Brito. His father arrived to the Dominican Republic during the boom in the sugar industry which he took advantage of to create a respectable operation within a relatively short amount of time. According to the Dutch author H. Hoetink in his book El Pueblo Dominicano, 1850–1900, his father owned two sugar plantations by 1882 and by 1893 was the owner of the sugar mill "Angelina". His friendly relationship with Dictator Ulises Heureaux helped him consolidate a significant fortune. Vicini inherited his father's business and was able to become a successful businessman mainly by part of his strict European education. Vicini was fluent in Spanish, Italian, English and French at a very young age.

Juan Bautista Vicini never married and had no wife during his presidency.

Select family tree of the Vicini family
Angelo Maria Vicini Anna Canepa Mercedes Laura Perdomo Santamaría Juan Bautista Vicini 1847–1900 María Burgos Brito 1853–? Giuseppe Vicini Maria Trabucco José María Cabral y Báez 1864–1937 María Petronila Bermúdez Rochette 1872–1942 Juan Bautista Vicini Burgos 1871–1935 Isabel Beatriz Burgos Vicini 1874–1964 Armando Alberto Mieses Ramírez Angiolino Vicini Dilia Ariza Lapuente Amelia María Cabral Bermúdez 1899–1996 Felipe Augusto Vicini Perdomo 1883–1936 Juan Bautista Vicini Perdomo 1881–1949 Consuelo Amelia de Marchena Damirón 1885–1975 Héctor Atilano Vicini Perdomo María Mercedes Rogers de Moya Franklin Mieses Burgos 1907–1976 Amadeo Barletta 1894–1975 Nelia Ricart Castillo Hugo Maximiliano Guiliani Cury b. 1940 Milady Dolores Coronado Henríquez 1942–2015 Amadeo Barletta Ricart Laura Amelia Vicini Cabral Alma Stella Lluberes Henríquez 1936–1992 Juan Bautista Vicini Cabral 1924–2015 Felipe de Jesús Vicini Cabral 1936–1997 María Elena Pérez Branger b. 1946 José María Vicini Cabral 1926–2007 Felipe Augusto Vicini Lluberes b. 1960 Eliza Margarita Bonetti Galván Amelia Stella Vicini Lluberes b. 1974 Carlos Ros Juan Bautista Vicini Lluberes b. 1975 Laura Guiliani Coronado José Leopoldo Vicini Pérez Eliana Anatole Marco Antonio Vicini Pérez Felipe Ernesto Vicini Bonetti Juan Enrique Vicini Bonetti Lisa Alexia Vicini Bonetti Alma Estela Ros Vicini Uma Vicini Guiliani Juan Bautista Vicini Guiliani
Notes: Executive Presidents of INICIɅ (formerly "VICINI" and originally "Casa Vicini") are shown with a red border. Other shareholder executives are shown with a green border.

Political career

The Dominican Republic had been occupied by American Troops since 1916 and after the approval of the Hughes-Peynado plan Vicini was a candidate for the position of provisional President of the Dominican Republic. He was elected President in 1922 and his main goal was to facilitate the evacuation of the United States troops that were present in the Dominican Republic. The day after he was elected, Vicini named the five men who would make up his cabinet. They were as follows:

1. José del Carmen Ariza, Secretary of Internal Affairs
2. Cayetano Armando Rodríquez, Secretary of Justice and Instruction
3. Eladio Sánchez, Secretary of Promotion and Communications
4. Manuel Sanabia, Secretary of Health and Charity
5. Pedro Pérez, Secretary of Agriculture and Immigration

With these steps, Vicini assured the removal of the North American forces in a peaceful manner. Despite its good intentions, Vicini's regime was plagued and pressured by the tight grip of the Hughes-Peynado plan and by the American forces that were still in the country. Even so, he set up the cleanest elections that the Dominican Republic had ever seen in which Horacio Vásquez won on 15 March 1924 against Francisco J. Peynado.

When Vicini left the presidency after the elections, he went back to his sugar business and abandoned politics for the remainder of his life. At the time of his death on 25 May 1935 Juan Bautista Vicini left his relatives one of the largest sugar enterprises in the Caribbean, which is still operating as of 2010.

External links

• (in Spanish) 27febrero.com