Federico Antún Batlle

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Antún and the second or maternal family name is Batlle.

Federico A. Antún Batlle

Social Christian Reformist Party candidate for Vice President of the Dominican Republic
Election date 15 May 2016
Running mate	Luis Abinader (as Presidential candidate)
Incumbent	Margarita Cedeño de Fernández
Personal details
Born	Federico Augusto Antún Batlle (1952-07-23) July 23, 1952 San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
Political party	Social Christian Reformist Party
Spouse(s)	Liliana Milagros Hernández Muñoz
Relations	Amelia Vega (third-cousin) Manuel Díez Cabral (third-cousin) Nuryn Sanlley (fourth-cousin) Ulises Espaillat (great-great-great-grandfather)
Children	3
Parents	Federico Antún Abud, Altagracia Mercedes Batlle Ginebra
Residence	Santo Domingo
Ethnicity	White (Dominican Republic)
Net worth	DOP$ 39.5 million^[1] (USD$ 1 million^[2])

Federico Augusto Antún Batlle (b. San Pedro de Macorís, 23 July 1952) is a politician from the Dominican Republic. Antún Batlle is the chairman of the third largest political party in his country, the Social Christian Reformist Party, and is its presidential candidate for the 2016 general election.

Family background and first years

Antún in his childhood

Federico Antún Batlle was born in San Pedro de Macorís on 23 July 1952 to Altagracia Mercedes Batlle Ginebra and Federico Antún Abud.

Antún Batlle descends though his mother from the colonial aristrocratic families of De la Rocha, De Coca, Landeche and Bastidas, lords of the majorat of Dávila and the majorat of Bastidas, and therefore, he is a descendant of Diego Columbus (the eldest son of Christopher Columbus) and María de Toledo; his great-great-grandfather, Julián de la Rocha y Cubelge, was cousin of Mercedes de la Rocha, who founded Hato Mayor del Rey in 1888. Antún is also descended from the English King, William the Conqueror, and the Castilian King Alfonso X.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

His paternal grandparents were Lebanese immigrants.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Federico Antún Batlle

4. Frank Antún (*Lebanon–†1934)

2. Federico Antún Abud (*San Pedro de Macorís, circa 1910–†circa 2000)

5. María Abud (*Lebanon–†1964)

1. Federico Augusto Antún Batlle (*San Pedro de Macorís, 1952)

48. Jaime Batlle Amat (*Mataró, Catalonia, Spain, 1817–†?)

24. José Batlle Filbá (*Mataró, Catalonia, Spain, 1844–†1899)

49. Rosa Filbá Villardell (*Mataró, Catalonia, Spain–†?)

12. Jaime José Batlle Espaillat (*Santiago de los Caballeros, 1873–†1923)

50. Ulises Francisco Espaillat Quiñones (*Santiago de los Caballeros, 1823–†ibidem, 1878; first cousin of #51)

25. María Dolores Espaillat Espaillat

51. Eloísa Espaillat Rodríguez (*Santiago de los Caballeros, 1818–†ibidem, 1919; first cousin of #50)

6. Augusto Batlle Vega (*Puerto Plata)

52. José Rafael Vega y Bravo (*Santiago de Cuba, Cuba–†Santiago de Cuba, Cuba)

26. José Rafael Vega Pichardo (*Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, 1844–†Santiago de los Caballeros, 1897)

53. Margarita Crescencia Pichardo Contreras (*Havana, Cuba–†Santiago de Cuba, Cuba)

13. Tomasina de la Caridad Vega Llenas (*Santiago de los Caballeros, 1880–†1964)

54. Joaquim Zenon Joseph Llenas Baralt (*Arenys del Mar, Catalonia, Spain, 1816–†Santiago de los Caballeros, ?)

27. María Amalia Llenas Díaz (*Santiago de los Caballeros, 1847–†ibidem, 1920)

55. Tomasina Díaz Durán

3. Altagracia Mercedes Batlle Ginebra (*Puerto Plata, ?)

56. Francisco Ramón Ginebra Pou (*Calella, Catalonia, Spain, 1820–†?; uncle of #57)

28. José Francisco Ginebra Pou (*Santo Domingo, 1838–†Puerto Plata, 1918)

57. María de la Merced Pou Tormen (*Santo Domingo, 1821–†?; niece of #56)

14. José Emilio Ginebra Pelegrín (*Puerto Plata, 1878–†1944)

58. José Pelegrín

29. Adelaida Pelegrín Thompson (*Puerto Plata, 1847–†ibidem, 1933)

59. Charlotte Thompson (*London, England, United Kingdom, 1807–†Puerto Plata, ?)

7. Enma Ginebra de la Rocha

60. José de la Rocha Angulo (son of Rodrigo de la Rocha y de Coca and Petronila de Angulo y de Coca {great-great-granddaughter of Antonio de Coca y Landeche Vevers, lord of the majorat of Dávila}; uncle of Mercedes de la Rocha y Coca, the founder of Hato Mayor del Rey)

30. Julián de la Rocha y Cubelge

61. Maria Cubelge

15. María Marina de la Rocha Carmona (*1879–†?)

62. Miguel Carmona de León

31. María del Carmen Carmona y Negrete (*1855–†1921)

63. Eulogia Mártir Negrete Gutiérrez

Source: Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía

Politics

From 2005 to 2009, he was the chairman of the Social Christian Reformist Party.^[7] On 26 January 2014 he was elected chairman again.^[8] On 22 February 2015, he was elected as his party nominee to the 2016 presidential election.^[9]

Personal life

He is married to Liliana Milagros Hernández Muñoz and has begotten 3 children: Federico (b. 1978), Frank Augusto (b. 1982), and Jaime Augusto (b. 1984). In 2012, Antún Batlle reported in his affidavit that his net worth is of almost RD$ 40 million.^[1]

References

1 2 "Declaración Jurada de Bienes de Funcionario Público" (PDF). National Treasury. 19 September 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
↑ Exchange rate for 19 September 2012: 39.32 per USD. Source: Central Bank of the Dominican Republic
↑ (Spanish) Familia Dominicana Con Ancestros Reales: Los Vega Part 1/4
↑ (Spanish) Familia Dominicana Con Ancestros Reales: Los Vega Part 2/4
↑ (Spanish) Familia Dominicana Con Ancestros Reales: Los Vega Part 4/4
↑ (Spanish) Descendientes de un Conquistador: Los Vega Part 2/2
↑ "Biografía del Ing. Federico Antún Batlle" (in Spanish). Social Christian Reformist Party. Missing or empty |url= (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Cruz Benzán, Ramón (27 January 2014). "Antún Batlle es proclamado nuevo presidente del PRSC". Santo Domingo: Listín Diario. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
↑ "PRSC escoge a Antún Batlle candidato presidencial para las elecciones 2016". Almomento.net. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

External links

Biografía del Ing. Federico Antún Batlle, Partido Reformista Social Cristiano

Political offices
Preceded by Amable Aristy (2008)	Social Christian Reformist Party candidate for President of the Dominican Republic 2016	Succeeded by incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Rafael Bello Andino	President of the Social Christian Reformist Party 22 July 2004 – 9 August 2009	Succeeded by Carlos Morales Troncoso
Preceded by Carlos Morales Troncoso	President of the Social Christian Reformist Party 26 January 2014 – present	Succeeded by incumbent

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