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- Birth nameBélgica Adela Mirabal Reyes
- Dede Mirabal was born on March 1, 1925 in Salcedo, Dominican Republic. She was married to Jaime Fernandez Camilo. She died on February 1, 2014 in Salcedo, Dominican Republic.
- SpouseJaime Fernandez Camilo(1948 - 1984) (divorced, 3 children)
- She was the sole surviving sister of "The Mirabal SIsters", who were organized resistance activists fighting against the brutal dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic. The senseless murder of her three sisters Minerva, Patria, and Maria Theresa by henchmen of the dictator on November 25, 1960 resulted in the fall of Trujillo six months later and the return of democracy to the Dominican Republic.
- Her three late sisters, Minerva, Patria, and Maria Theresa, are considered national heroes of the Dominican Republic and their portraits appear on the country's 200 peso banknote.
- The Dominican province of Salcedo was renamed "Provincia Hermanas Mirabal" (Mirabal Sisters Province) in November 2007.
- Mother of Jaime David Fernández Mirabal, 36th Vice President of the Dominican Republic.
- In 1981, the United Nations declared that every November 25th (the date the Mirabal sisters were murdered in 1960) will be commemorated as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
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