José Salvador Omar Jorge Blanco (July 5, 1926 – December 26, 2010) was a politician, lawyer and a writer. He was President of the Dominican Republic, from 1982 to 1986. He was a Senator running for the PRD party. He started his political career as a Committee Secretary for the Unión Cívica de Santiago in 1963 and joined the PRD in 1964. Early years and education Jorge Blanco was born in Santiago on July 5, 1926, son of Dilia Limbert Blanco Polanco (Tamboril, 1900-Santiago, 1988) and Pedro María Jorge Arias (Licey, 1898-Santiago, 1982). He studied at primary school Ercilia Pepin, and superiors at the Ulises Francisco Espaillat high school. He graduated in Law from the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo. In 1951, he obtained a doctorate from the Complutense University of Madrid, with a postgraduate degree in the specialty of International Law. Jorge Blanco was a musician, standing out on instruments such as piano and cello. Jorge married Asela Mera de Jorge on December 27, 1957. The couple had two children, Orlando Jorge Mera and Dilia Leticia Jorge Mera. Dilia Leticia Jorge Mera is a lawyer, while Orlando Jorge Mera became secretary general of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD). In 1961, he opened a law firm after the overthrow of the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, immediately began in political life as a member of the National Civic Union. In 1963, after the coup d'état to President Juan Bosch, he joined the civil movement that sought the return of Dominican constitutionality. In 1964, he joined the Dominican Revolutionary Party, where he held various positions in the Political Commission and the National Executive Committee of the same. Presidency Jorge Blanco succeeded fellow PRD member Jacobo Majluta Azar to the presidency in 1982. Despite their political affiliations, Guzmán's term (before Majluta's) was characterized by a bitter feud with Jorge Blanco, who from the senate led the party in opposition to the administration. Unproven, but widely circulated rumors and conspiracy theories tied Guzmán's family advisers to corruption, especially following the president's alleged suicide in July 1982. At the time of Jorge Blanco’s election, it was hoped that neopatrimonial patterns would experience a clearer and more dramatic break, given that Blanco was going to govern with a PRD majority in both houses (17 out of 27 in the senate and 62 of 120 in the chamber). However, two events highlight Jorge Blanco’s constraints and his