Amable Aristy

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Aristy and the second or maternal family name is Castro.
The Most Excellent
Amable Aristy
Senator of the Dominican Republic
Assumed office
10 November 2010
PresidentDanilo Medina
Prime MinisterGustavo Montalvo
Preceded bySede vacante
MajorityDominican Liberation’s Party
Coat of arms of the Dominican Republic.svg President of the Senate of the Dominican Republic
In office
16 August 1994 – 16 August 1998
PresidentJoaquín Balaguer (until 1996) / Leonel Fernández (from 1996)
Preceded byJosé Osvaldo Leger Aquino (1993–1994)[1]
Succeeded byRamón Alburquerque Ramírez (1998–2000)[1]
MajoritySocial Christian Reformist Party
Senator of the Dominican Republic
In office
16 August 1990 – 1999 (resigned)
Personal details
Born (1949-03-10) 10 March 1949 (age 73)
El Bonao (Higüey), La Altagracia Province, Dominican Republic
NationalityDominican
Political partyReformist Party, Social Christian Reformist Party
Spouse(s)Andrea Cedeño[2]
Children (Mayor of Higüey), Amable Enrique Aristy
Parent(s)Luis Aristy, Olivia Castro[2]
Residence(s)Higüey
Alma materUniversidad de la Tercera Edad (Degree in Law)
OccupationPolitician, businessman
Net worthUS$ 2.5 million
RD$ 91.7 million (2010)[3][4]

Amable Aristy Castro (born 10 May 1940) is a politician and businessman from the Dominican Republic. He is a senior leader of the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC) and has been Senator for the province of La Altagracia. Aristy was presidencial candidate for his party in the 2008 presidential election. Due to the remarkable power and influence that he wields on his native province, he is known as the "Chieftain of Higüey" ("Spanish: El Cacique de Higüey").[5]

Aristy has been elected senator for La Altagracia 7 times in a row: 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2016.[6][7] Nevertheless, he has not been senator all those years: he resigned in the 1998-2002 period, he resigned in 1999, and he did not sworn in 2002 and 2006 leaving his senatorship to close friends; while he was chairman of the League of Dominican Municipalities (from 1999 to 2010). In 2010 he was threatened with impeachment and political disqualification if he left his senatorship to a friend again; he left his office in the League to a cousin of him and decided to sworn on 10 November 2010, nearly three months after August the 16th, the date marked by the constitution to do so.[8][9]

He has been described as one of the least laborious senators.[10]


References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Mateo, Víctor (2013). "República Dominicana ha tenido 17 presidentes del Senado desde 1962" (in Spanish). Observatorio Político Dominicano. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "(Missing title)". Hoy. 16 May 2008. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  3. ^ Mejía, Mariela (6 December 2010). "El Senado de RD está integrado por millonarios". Diario Libre. Archived from the original on 20 August 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2013. (...) Otro senador con una importante fortuna es el representante de La Altagracia y ex secretario general de la Liga Municipal Dominicana (LMD) por casi 12 años, Amable Aristy Castro, quien posee un total de activos ascendente a RD$91,734,500, de los que RD$82,889,500 son de un crédito pendiente de pago de la Compañía Amable Aristy Castro S.A.
    Aristy, quien juró en su cargo de senador el pasado 10 de noviembre, presentó su declaración jurada de bienes el pasado mes. El documento, que por demás es escueto, señala que tiene RD$8,845,000 en bienes muebles y RD$8,857,750 en pasivos. (...)
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Official exchange rate
  5. ^ Rojas, Lissette (10 July 2011). "Amable Aristy Castro, tres decenios en el cacicazgo de la inmunidad". Acento. Archived from the original on 3 December 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ "Yvonne Chahín y Félix Bautista, los senadores menos productivos" (in Spanish). Diario Libre. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
Political offices
Preceded by
 President of the Senate of the Dominican Republic
1994 – 1998 		Succeeded by
Unknown Senator of the Dominican Republic for the Province of La Altagracia
1990 – 1999 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
 Secretary General of the Dominican Municipalities League
1999 – 2010 		Succeeded by
Vacant
Title last held by
 Senator of the Dominican Republic for the Province of La Altagracia
10 November 2010 – presentday 		Incumbent
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