Santo Domingo. – TO Manuel Fernández Mármol He is remembered for being a great businessman from Santiago, but was also recorded in Dominican history for exercising the shorter mandate For a Vice President of the Republic.
The politician was the ballot companion of Salvador Jorge Blanco in the 1982 electionsin which the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) He reached his third electoral triumph after the victories of Juan Bosch in 1962 and Antonio Guzmán Fernández in 1978.
Fernández Mármol He oath as vice president of the Republic on August 16, 1982replacing Jacobo Majluta, who had to assume the presidency for a period of 43 days, after the suicide of the president Antonio Guzmán Fernández On July 4.
His mandate was only five months, since he died because of a cancer On January 20, 1983. However, despite the short time he was in the position, press cuts of the time, they emphasize that the businessman won the love and respect of the population for their integrity and simplicity.
While occupying the vice presidency of the Republic, Manuel Fernández Mármol, was also designated as President of the former Industrial Development Corporationtoday Industrial Development and Competitiveness Center (Proindustria). He came to his experience in the sector and with the task of promoting industrialization in the Dominican Republic.
Prior to his arrival at the National Palace, he was chosen as deputy In the general elections of December 1962, the same that led Juan Bosch to the presidency for the PRD. Also served for a short period of time as Mayor of the city of Santo Domingo During the April 1965 war, and stood out as a high leader of the White Party, an organization of which it became its president in 1979.
After his death, Salvador Jorge Blanco He continued his mandate without a vice presidentimmediate collaborator of the Head of Government, according to article 19 of the Organic Law of Public Administration.
This legislation attributes to whom the Vice Presidency of the Republic occupies, coordinate the execution of the policies, plans, programs and activities assigned by the President, supply the temporary and absolute offenses of the president and other key tasks for the State’s leadership.
“It was a great vice president. To play second subject, You need to have the value of admitting the special nature of your function And that another supreme hierarchy is above the second constitutional investiture of the Republic, ”Jorge Blanco recalled to his ballot partner, who also highlighted his simple and peaceful life.
In his farewell speech, on January 21, 1983, the then president also highlighted Fernández Mármol for get away from controversies inside or outside the PRD, as well as its tireless struggle for democracy.
He also pointed out his outstanding condition To face the most difficult moments of his life, while raising prayers to the Most High so that his “Death served to heal lacerating wounds within the Dominican Revolutionary Party”.
Manuel Fernández Mármol died at 71. His widow survived him, Adelina Bera de Fernándezand their children.
