Luis Abinader

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Abinader and the second or maternal family name is Corona.
His Excellency
Luis Abinader
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54th President of the Dominican Republic
Assumed office
16 August 2020
Vice PresidentRaquel Peña de Antuña
Preceded byDanilo Medina
Personal details
Born
Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona

(1967-07-12) 12 July 1967 (age 54)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Political partyModern Revolutionary Party
Other political
affiliations		Dominican Revolutionary Party (until 2014)
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1995)​
Children3
Parents
Alma materHult International Business School
Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo
WebsitePersonal website

Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona (born 12 July 1967) is a Dominican economist, businessman, and politician who is serving as the 54th and current President of the Dominican Republic. He served as the Modern Revolutionary Party candidate for President of the Dominican Republic in the 2016 and 2020 general elections.

Early life[]

Abinader was born in Santo Domingo on 12 July 1967. His parents are from the Cibao region: his mother, Rosa Sula Corona Caba,[1] a white Dominican of Canarian colonial lineage, is from the province of La Vega; his father was the businessman and political leader José Rafael Abinader, of Lebanese descent and a native of the Santiago Province.[2] His paternal grandfather was José S. Abinader, a Lebanese immigrant from Baskinta, Mount Lebanon, who arrived to the country in 1898 and settled in the town of Tamboril (located near the city of Santiago de los Caballeros).[3][4]

Abinader did his secondary education at the Colegio Loyola (Spanish: Loyola High School), now Instituto Politécnico Loyola; He graduated in economics from the Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (Spanish: Santo Domingo Institute of Technology). He did postgraduate studies in Project Management at Hult International Business School (at the time named Arthur D. Little Institute) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He also studied Corporate Finance and Financial Engineering at Harvard University and Advanced Management at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.

Career[]

Abinader in 2011
Abinader (second from the right) with Hipólito Mejía, Tavito Suberví and Fello Suberví

He was elected vice president of the Dominican Revolutionary Party in its 2005 National Convention.

He is currently Executive Chairman of ABICOR Group, which has developed and operated major tourism projects in the country. This family group led the business plan of what is today the company Cementos Santo Domingo, of which he is Vice President.

He has been president of the Association of Hotels in the Puerto Plata area and is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Hotels and Restaurants (ASONAHORES).

He is member of the Board of Directors of the O&M University's Foundation.

He was recognized by the Rhode Island General Assembly for his career in public service, education, and business. He also received acknowledgments from the City Hall of Boston and the Massachusetts Senate for his contributions to higher education, civic engagement, and community service.

Abinader was the vice-presidential candidate of the Dominican Revolutionary Party in the 2012 election and in 2005 was pre-candidate for senator from the province of Santo Domingo.

2016 presidential election[]

He was the presidential candidate of the Dominican Humanist Party[5] and the Modern Revolutionary Party[6] for the past general elections on 15 May 2016.

Abinader was, along with Soraya Aquino, one of the two presidential candidates in 2016 who had not been born during the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo (1930-1961).[7] Giuliani Partners, specifically Rudy Giuliani and John Huvane, advised Abinader in the campaign as security consultants.[8][9]

2020 presidential election[]

Abinader successfully ran for President in the 2020 election.[10] Rudy Giuliani and John Huvane once again advised Abinader in the campaign as security consultants.[8][11]

Abinader is the first Dominican President to have been born after the Trujillo dictatorship; and the second of Lebanese descent, the first being Jacobo Majluta who briefly held office in 1982.

President of the Dominican Republic[]

Inauguration ceremony, 16 August 2020

Abinader was sworn in as the President of the Dominican Republic on 16 August 2020.[12][13]

The inauguration had a reduced number of guests due to the measures taken for the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the international guests was the Secretary of State of the United States, Mike Pompeo, who attended on behalf of President Donald Trump.[14]

Foreign relations[]

Abinader meets with Mike Pompeo, 16 August 2020

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was among those in attendance at Abinader's swearing-in ceremony.[12] Under Luis Abinader's leadership, the Dominican Republic is set to form stronger economic and diplomatic ties with the United States.[15] Under his administration, the Dominican Republic became one of the countries that, along with the US, voted to maintain the arms embargo on Iran.[16]

Personal life[]

Abinader is married to Raquel Arbaje Soni since 1995, the daughter of businesspersons Elías Arbaje Farah and Margarita Soni, both of Lebanese descent. They have three children: Esther Patricia, Graciela Lucía, and Adriana Margarita.[17]

In June 2020, Abinader and his wife announced that they had tested positive for COVID-19.[18]

In October 2021, Abinader was named in the Pandora Papers leak. He denied any wrongdoing.[19]

References[]

  1. ^ "Abinader felicita y da las gracias a las madres por el apoyo".
  2. ^ Irrizarri, Evelyn (26 September 2013). "José Rafael Abinader: "Me arrepiento del tiempo que le dediqué a la política"" (in Spanish). El Caribe. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  3. ^ Núñez Núñez, Miliciades Humberto. "LUIS ABINADER CORONA, ANCESTROS Y PARIENTES COLATERALES". Idg.
  4. ^ "Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía, Inc". www.idg.org.do. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  5. ^ Thomas, Juan Eduardo (8 December 2014). "Partido escoge a Abinader como candidato presidencial" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Listín Diario. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Luis Abinader le ganó ayer la convención del PRM a Hipólito Mejía" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Diario Libre. 27 April 2015.
  7. ^ Santana, Rose Mary (19 September 2015). "Luis Abinader se reunirá con la comunidad dominicana de Nueva York". Nueva York: Acento.com.do. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  8. ^ a b "Amid Ukraine swirl, Giuliani's work for candidate in Dominican Republic caused unease". Washington Post. Retrieved 22 February 2020. Since 2015, Giuliani has been hired by Abinader as a security consultant two times, according to Samuel Pereyra, an official in the Abinader campaign who managed the contracts. His most recent contract, for $75,000, was secured last June, Pereyra said, more than a year after Giuliani joined Trump’s legal team.
  9. ^ John Huvane. "Dominican Republic: Saftey(sic) And Security PDF" (PDF). context-cdn.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  10. ^ https://news.yahoo.com/dominican-republic-votes-election-postponed-004941501.html Archived 4 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Group, Merit Designs Consulting; 2006-2020 (17 July 2019). "Giuliani jumps into Dominican Republic's reelection fray". DominicanToday. Retrieved 22 February 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ a b "Luis Abinader sworn in as Dominican leader; Pompeo attends". Associated Press. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  13. ^ Abiu Lopez, Ezequiel (16 August 2020). "Dominican Republic's new president takes office warning of tough recovery". Reuters. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  14. ^ "Dominican Republic to construct fence along border with Haiti". Reuters. 27 February 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  15. ^ Vicente Romero, Geovanny. "This is the beginning of a new chapter in US-Dominican relations". 16 August 2020. Al Jazeera. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  16. ^ Pompeo, Mike [@SecPompeo] (20 August 2020). "Grateful to the Dominican Republic for standing with the United States and voting to extend the arms embargo on Iran at the @UN Security Council. We appreciate their support as we work to prevent Iran from gaining access to new and powerful weapons" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 September 2020 – via Twitter.
  17. ^ (in Spanish) Milcíades Humberto Núñez Núñez (the author is a fellow of the Dominican Institute of Genealogy). "Descendientes de Raymundo Núñez" [Raymundo Núñez’s Descendants]. Genealogy.com. Séptima generación. Archived from the original on 20 January 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  18. ^ "El principal candidato opositor a las elecciones presidenciales de República Dominicana tiene coronavirus". Notimerica (in Spanish). 11 June 2020.
  19. ^ "Panama's Pandora Papers snag Dominican leader". Dominican Today. 4 October 2021.

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