Jacobo Majluta Azar
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Jacobo Majluta Azar was born in Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...

, on 9 October 1934 and died on 2 March 1996. A politician from Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

 of Lebanese descent, he was vice president in the government
Government
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 of President Antonio Guzmán
Antonio Guzmán Fernández
Silvestre Antonio Guzmán Fernández was a Dominican businessman and a politician. He was the 46th President of the Dominican Republic, from 1978 to 1982.- Early life :Antonio Guzmán was born in the town of La Vega...

 and became president, for 43 days, with the suicide
Suicide
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 of President Guzmán.

He joined the Dominican Revolutionary Party
Dominican Revolutionary Party
The Dominican Revolutionary Party is one of the main political parties of the Dominican Republic. It has a moderate centrist position, social democratic in name. The party's distinctive color is white....

 (PRD) in 1961, assuming leadership positions in the party. After being elected senator,he served as chairman of the Upper House
Upper house
An upper house, often called a senate, is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house; a legislature composed of only one house is described as unicameral.- Possible specific characteristics :...

 from 1982 until late 1984. After winning the PRD candidacy over José Francisco Peña Gomez, Majluta lost the general election for President
President
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 against Joaquín Balaguer
Joaquín Balaguer
Joaquín Antonio Balaguer Ricardo was the President of the Dominican Republic from 1960 to 1962, from 1966 to 1978, and again from 1986 to 1996.-Early life and introduction to politics:...

 in 1986.

Majluta decided to form his own political organization, the Independent Revolutionary Party
Independent Revolutionary Party
The Independent Revolutionary Party is a minor social democratic political party of the Dominican Republic, without parliamentary representation after the 16 May 2006 election.-References:*: Leftist Parties of the World, Dominican Republic. April 25, 2005....

 (PRI). He died on 2 March 1996 suffering from lung cancer
Lung cancer
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 resulting from his years as a compulsive smoker
Tobacco smoking
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