Carlos Felipe Morales Languasco (23 August 1867 – 1 March 1914) was a Dominican priest, politician and military figure who was President of the Dominican Republic from 1903 to 1905.

Early life

Carlos Morales Languasco was born in Puerto Plata,

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on August 23, 1868. He was the son of Isabel Languasco Chevalier (1832–1905), a native of Puerto Plata, and Agustín Morales Robainne (1839–1893), a native of the

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. Languasco was the daughter of a Nicolasa Chevalier Bonne, of French descent and native of Puerto Plata, and Agustín Languasco, a North Italian immigrant from the

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. Meanwhile Agustín Morales was the son of Rovisa Rossetta Robainne (1803–1857), a native of Saint Thomas (Danish West Indies), and Agustín Morales Brito (1806—1869), a Spaniard from

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. Morales Languasco was ordained

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in 1891.

Political career

Morales retired from priesthood to engage in politics. He was the

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in 1901. He was Governor of Puerto Plata during the presidency of

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to whom he led a coup on November 23, 1903. He was

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from November 24, 1903 until his resignation on December 29, 1905. As President, he sought

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status for the Dominican Republic under the United States. Even though the DR did not become a US protectorate during his tenure, the US became very involved in DR's internal affairs. He gave the

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the rights to manage the Customs to pay the debt in which the Dominican Government had been involved since the presidency of

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. He died in

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on March 1, 1914.

Ancestry

References

Biography
at the ''Enciclopedia Virtual Dominicana'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Morales Languasco, Carlos 1868 births 1914 deaths People from Puerto Plata Province White Dominicans Dominican Republic people of Spanish descent Dominican Republic people of Italian descent Dominican Republic people of French descent Dominican Republic people of Danish descent Dominican Republic Roman Catholic priests Red Party (Dominican Republic) politicians Presidents of the Dominican Republic Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic 19th-century Roman Catholic priests 20th-century Roman Catholic priests 20th-century Dominican Republic politicians