Manuel Arturo Peña Batlle (26 February 1902 – 15 April 1954) was a Dominican Republic lawyer, historian, diplomat, and politician who served as a Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic between 1943 and 1946 and shaped its relation with Haiti in the 1940s.[1]

Peña Batlle was born in the city of San Carlos on 26 February 1902. At the age of 21, he graduated from the University of Santo Domingo with a degree in international law. He wrote a number of works on the history of the Dominican Republic statehood and is considered one of the most important Dominican Republic historians.[2]

A metro station in Santo Domingo is named after him.

References

  1. ↑ "Muere el historiador y abogado Manuel Arturo Peña Batlle". Vanguardia del Pueblo (in Spanish).
  2. ↑ Alonso Vázquez, Francisco Javier. "Manuel Arturo Peña Batlle, un pensador cristiano e hispánico". Mar oceana: Revista del humanismo español e iberoamericano (in Spanish). 2001 (7): 123–144. ISSN 1134-7627.
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