Raquel Peña de Antuña

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Peña the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez, and, for married women, the optional marital name is de Antuña.
Her Excellency
Raquel Peña de Antuña
(Raquel Peña de Antuña) Secretary Pompeo Attends Inauguration Lunch for Dominican President Abinader (50233509483) (cropped).jpg
40th Vice President of the Dominican Republic
Assumed office
16 August 2020
PresidentLuis Abinader
Preceded byMargarita Cedeño
Personal details
Born
Raquel Peña Rodríguez

(1966-09-10) 10 September 1966 (age 55)
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
NationalityDominican
Political partyModern Revolutionary Party
Spouse(s)Marco José Antuña Cabral (d. 2019)
Children3
Alma materPontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra

Raquel Peña de Antuña (born Raquel Peña Rodríguez; 10 September 1966) is a Dominican politician and academic who has served as Vice President of the Dominican Republic since 2020.[1]

Early life and education[]

Peña was born in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, on 10 September 1966, to tobacco industrialist Rafael Leocadio Peña Guillén and Estela Rodríguez. She was educated primary at the Sagrado Corazón de Jesús School, and she studied secondary at the De La Salle School. She graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra.

Career[]

Peña started her career following her graduation, at the companies owned by her family. She became a manager at the tobacco and commercial companies.[citation needed]

Professor[]

In 2000, Peña became a professor of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra.[2]

Vice presidency[]

In 2019, Peña was chosen by Luis Abinader as vice presidential candidate for the Modern Revolutionary Party in the 2020 elections. She won the election, along with Abinader, on 5 July 2020. Peña was sworn in on 16 August 2020.[3]

Personal life[]

Peña was married to engineer Marco José Antuña Cabral. They have three children, Rosa Estela, Marco José, and Isabel Amelia, and a grandson, Felipe Andrés Brugal Antuña by their daughter Rosa Estela. Her husband died in 2019.[citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ "Raquel Peña, from the education sector to the vice presidency of the Republic in less than a year". Dominican Today. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Raquel Peña de Antuña, académica y miembro de varios órganos empresariales". Acento. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. ^ Mena, Francisco Javier (16 August 2020). "Raquel Peña es la nueva vicepresidenta de RD; hoy se convierten en realidad otros sueños y fantasías". Proceso. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
Political offices
Preceded by Vice President of the Dominican Republic
2020–present 		Incumbent
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