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Horacio Vásquez
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President of the Dominican Republic
In office
July 24, 1924 – March 3, 1930
Vice President Federico Velázquez (1924-1928)
José Dolores Alfonseca (1928-1930)
Preceded by Juan Bautista Vicini (provisional)
Succeeded by Rafael Estrella Ureña (acting)
President of the Provisional Government Junta of the Dominican Republic
In office
May 2, 1902 – April 23, 1903
Vice President None
Preceded by Juan Isidro Jimenes
Succeeded by Alejandro Woss y Gil
President of the Provisional Government Junta of the Dominican Republic
In office
September 4, 1899 – November 15, 1899
Vice President None
Preceded by Wenceslao Figuereo
Succeeded by Juan Isidro Jimenes
Coat of arms of the Dominican Republic.svg Vice President of the Dominican Republic
In office
November 15, 1899 – May 2, 1902
President Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra
Preceded by Wenceslao Figuereo
Succeeded by Eugenio Deschamps Peña
Personal details
Born October 22, 1860
Dominican Republic
Died March 25, 1936 (aged 75)
Espaillat province, Dominican Republic
Political party Red Party
Spouse
Trina de Moya
(m. 1888)
Children 0

Felipe Horacio Vásquez Lajara (October 22, 1860 – March 25, 1936) was a Dominican general and political figure. He served as the president of the Provisional Government Junta of the Dominican Republic in 1899, and again between 1902 and 1903. Supporters of Vásquez were known as Horacistas, as opposed to Jimenistas, supporters of Vásquez's main rival, Juan Isidro Jimenes. He ran for a full term as president in 1914, but lost to Jimenes.

In 1888, Vásquez married Trina de Moya, a poet and writer from La Vega.

Following the occupation of the Dominican Republic by U.S. military forces from 1916–1924, Vásquez was democratically elected as president of the country and served between 1924 and 1930, and again separately in 1930 before being ousted by General Rafael Trujillo and sent into exile in Puerto Rico.

A metro station in Santo Domingo is named after him.

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