What is Salvador Jorge Blanco?
{{Infobox Officeholder | name = Salvador Jorge Blanco | image = | imagesize = | caption = | order = [[File:Coat of arms of the Dominican Republic.svg|25px]] 48th [[List of Presidents of the Dominican Republic|President of the Dominican Republic]] | office = | term_start = August 16, 1982 | term_end = August 16, 1986 | vicepresident = [[Manuel Fernández Mármol]] (1982-1983)<br>Vacant (1983-1986) | predecessor = [[Jacobo Majluta Azar|Jacobo Majluta]] | successor = [[Joaquín Balaguer]] | birth_date = July 5, 1926 | birth_place = [[Santiago de los Caballeros]], [[Dominican Republic]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|12|26|1926|7|5}} | death_place = [[Santo Domingo]], [[Dominican Republic]] | nationality = | party = [[Dominican Revolutionary Party|Revolutionary]] | spouse = | children = | residence = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | religion = | signature = }} '''José Salvador Omar Jorge Blanco''', (5 July 1926 - 26 December 2010) was the 41st [[President]] of the [[Dominican Republic]].<ref name=gu/> He was the first Dominican president to be charged with [[corruption]].<ref name =gu>{{Cite web |url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/27/salvador-jorge-blanco-obituary |title=Salvador Jorge Blanco |work=guardian.co.uk |accessdate=31 December 2010 }}</ref> == Early life == Blanco was born in [[Santiago de los Caballeros]] and studied law at the [[University of Santa Dominigo]].<ref name=gu/> He went into politics in the 1960's after the dictator [[Rafael Leónidas Trujillo]] was murdered. He joined a social democratic party, the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD). Blanco became leader of the party and won the 1982 presidential election.<ref name=gu/> == Career == At the same time Blanco became president, the world price on sugar dropped. The economy of the Dominican Republic