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.