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Colonel Furcy Fondeur Lajeunesse (Paris, 1814 – Santiago de los Caballeros, 22 November 1892) was a French-born Dominican Republic military man and politician.
Born in France, his family moved to the Spanish Captaincy General of Santo Domingo around 1820. His father was Louis Fondeur and his mother was Marguerite LaJeunesse, Comtesse De La Juvenile; he had 5 siblings. He married Jacinta Castro and had 5 children, he enwidowed and remarried to María Luisa Fernández Fernández (1837–1895) and had 10 children.
On 14 September 1863, Fondeur signed the Act of the Independence of the Dominican Republic from Spain, and fought in the Dominican Restoration War as a colonel; he is considered a hero of the Battle of Santiago (1863). He was designated Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1867. Fondeur Lajeunesse was also president of the City Council of Santiago de los Caballeros.