Luis Abinader
| Luis Abinader | |
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| Modern Revolutionary Party candidate for President of the Dominican Republic | |
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Election date 15 May 2016 | |
| Running mate | Carolina Mejía (as Vice Presidential candidate) |
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| Incumbent | Danilo Medina |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona 12 July 1967  |
| Political party | Modern Revolutionary Party |
| Other political affiliations | Dominican Revolutionary Party |
| Spouse(s) | Raquel Arbaje Soni |
| Children |
Esther Patricia Graciela Lucía Adriana Margarita |
| Mother | Sula Corona |
| Father | José Rafael Abinader |
| Alma mater | Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo |
| Occupation | Politician, economist, businessman |
| Website | |
Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona (born 12 July 1967), better known as Luis Abinader, is a economist, businessman and politician from the Dominican Republic.
He was the presidential candidate of the Dominican Humanist Party[1] and the Modern Revolutionary Party[2] for the past general elections on 15 May 2016.
Previously, he was vice presidential candidate of the Dominican Revolutionary Party in the previous election in May 2012 by the Dominican Revolutionary Party and in 2005 was pre candidate for senator from the province of Santo Domingo.
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).[3] Had he reached the presidency, Abinader would have been the first Dominican president born after the Trujillo dictatorship, and the first elected president who had not lived since Ramón Cáceres, assassinated in 1911.
Biography
Early life
Abinader was born 12 July 1967, to José Rafael Abinader Wassaf, politician and entrepreneur of Lebanese origin,[4] and Rosa Sula Corona Caba, of Canarian colonial stock. He married to Raquel Arbaje Soni —the daughter of businesspersons Elías Arbaje Farah and Margarita Soni, both of Lebanese descent— and had 3 daughters: Esther Patricia, Graciela Lucía, and Adriana Margarita Abinader Arbaje.[5]
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 the Arthur D. Little Institute of Cambridge, Massachusetts. He also studied Corporate Finance and Financial Engineering at Harvard University and Advanced Management at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.
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Business and political career
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 of Sosúa and Cabarete 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 the public, 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 is a former candidate for Vice President of the Dominican Republic by the Dominican Revolutionary Party, in the presidential elections of 2012.
References
- ↑ Thomas, Juan Eduardo (8 December 2014). "Partido escoge a Abinader como candidato presidencial" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Listín Diario. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ↑ "Luis Abinader le ganó ayer la convención del PRM a Hipólito Mejía" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Diario Libre. 27 April 2015.
- ↑ Santana, Rose Mary (September 19, 2015). "Luis Abinader se reunirá con la comunidad dominicana de Nueva York". Nueva York: Acento.com.do. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
- 1 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.
- 1 2 (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 2009-01-20. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ↑ Jáquez Torres, Mario Julio (24 January 2015). "Caba: Un apellido de quisqueyanos valientes (3 de 3)" (in Spanish). Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
