# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elias-wessin-y-wessin
# Generated: 2026-08-16T11:51:53.032Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elias-wessin-y-wessin"
name: "Elías Wessin y Wessin"
slug: "elias-wessin-y-wessin"
description: "Elías Wessin y Wessin was a Dominican politician and air force general. Wessin help lead the military coup which ousted the government of Dominican President Juan Bosch in 1963, replacing it with a triumvirate. He was also a key figure in the ensuing Dominican Civil War, which led to a United States military intervention into and occupation of the Dominican Republic in 1965."
tagline: "Dominican Republic politician and general (1924-2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Teniente_General_Wessin_y_Wessin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1924-07-22"
deathDate: "2009-04-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.576353333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Elías Wessin y Wessin"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump