Ramón Báez Romano

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Ramón Báez Romano (4 March 1929 – 7 March 2022) was a Dominican businessman, politician, and golfer. Coming from one of the most influential families in the Dominican Republic,[1][2] he was Minister of Industry and Trade during the administration of President Antonio Guzmán.[3] He was CEO of Rosario Dominicana, Baninter, and Listín Diario, among others.

Romano was born on 4 March 1929.[4] He is a member of the Dominican Golf Hall of Fame.[5] Romano died on 7 March 2022, three days after his 93rd birthday.[6]

Ancestry

Báez was a descendant of Spanish conquistadors Rodrigo de Bastidas and Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés,[7][8] the Dominican presidents Buenaventura Báez and Ramón Báez,[1] and the Jesuit priest and historian Antonio Sánchez Valverde (who had an illegitimate son with a married woman).[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Espinal, Edwin (10 January 2009). "Los Báez". Cápsulas genealógicas (Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía). Santo Domingo: Hoy. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  2. ^ Tony Smith (23 May 2003). "Fallen Banker Courted in Jail Cell". The New York Times. Santo Domingo. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  3. ^ "El Fraude en el Baninter y sus Efectos en la Sociedad" (PDF). Participación Ciudadana. pp. 208–209. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Ha fallecido el empresario Ramón Báez Romano a los 93 años". 7 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Báez Romano, Bonetti Burgos y Najri, inmortales". El Nacional. 23 March 2010.
  6. ^ Fallece don Ramón Báez Romano, expresidente Editora de Listín Diario (in Spanish)
  7. ^ González Hernández, Julio Amable (28 May 2005). "¿Existen descendientes de Rodrigo de Bastidas? (1 de 2)" (in Spanish). Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía. Archived from the original on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  8. ^ González Hernández, Julio Amable (4 June 2005). "¿Existen descendientes de Rodrigo de Bastidas? (2 de 2)" (in Spanish). Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía. Archived from the original on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  9. ^ Rosario, Fausto (14 March 2014). "Antonio Sánchez Valverde, el intelectual y criollo que aún genera debates" (in Spanish). Acento.com.do. Archived from the original on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.