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

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

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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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