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Rafael Ángel Brache Ramírez (July 8, 1888 … Rafael Ángel Brache Ramírez (July 8, 1888 – June 23, 1965) was a politician, civil servant, and diplomat from the Dominican Republic. His career in national politics spanned from 1914 to 1935, after which he spent much of his life in exile. Brache was born in Moca, but lived in La Vega from an early age and considered that to be his home town. He was elected to the National Congress in 1914, aged 25, but resigned the following year to enter the diplomatic corps. Brache later worked as a senior civil servant for a period, and then in 1924 returned to the National Congress. He supported Rafael Trujillo's coup in 1930, and during the early years of his regime served as a diplomat and government minister. He was Ambassador to the United States from 1930 to 1931 and from 1934 to 1935, Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1931 to 1933, and Secretary of Finance from 1933 to 1934. He remained in the U.S. after being dismissed as ambassador, and in 1937 was declared a "traitor to the homeland" for his opposition to Trujillo. homeland" for his opposition to Trujillo.
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