Francisco Augusto Lora

Francisco Augusto Lora González (1910–1993), was a former Vice President of the Dominican Republic and Presidential candidate for the country in 1966, 1970, 1974 and 1978. As Vice-President, he was a member of President Joaquín Balaguer's Reformist Party (PR). When Balaguer threatened to leave the PR in 1970 and campaign outside of the organization, Augusto Lora was effectively forced out of the party and went on to become the leader of and ultimately the candidate for a new political party, the Movement for Democratic Integration against Reelection (MIDA).[1][2]

Lora is descended from Basile Fondeur, a Frenchman, brother of Colonel Furcy Fondeur.[3][4]

References
  1. "Latin American election statistics 1970-1989". Archived from the original on 2009-06-21. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
  2. Time Magazine article Closer to Chaos, April 1970
  3. Espinal Hernández, Edwin (5 November 2016). "Franceses ascendientes de dominicanos: los Fondeur (2 de 2)". Cápsulas genealógicas (in Spanish). Hoy. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  4. Espinal Hernández, Edwin (29 October 2016). "Franceses ascendientes de dominicanos: los Fondeur (1 de 2)". Cápsulas genealógicas (in Spanish). Hoy. Retrieved 2 December 2016.

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Political offices
Vacant
Title last held by
Manuel Joaquín Castillo		 Vice President of the Dominican Republic
1966–1970		 Succeeded by
Carlos Rafael Goico
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