Luis Abinader

Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona (born 12 July 1967) is an economist and politician from the Dominican Republic, who served as the Modern Revolutionary Party candidate for President of the Dominican Republic in the 2016 and 2020 general elections. He is the son of Senator José Rafael Abinader.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Abinader and the second or maternal family name is Corona.
Luis Abinader
Modern Revolutionary Party candidate for
President of the Dominican Republic
Election date
15 May 2016 general election
Running mateRaquel Peña de Antuña (as Vice Presidential candidate)
IncumbentDanilo Medina
Personal details
Born
Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona

(1967-07-12) 12 July 1967
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Political partyModern Revolutionary Party
Other political
affiliations		Dominican Revolutionary Party
MotherSula Corona
FatherJosé Rafael Abinader
Alma materHult International Business School
Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo
WebsitePersonal website


Early life

Abinader was born 12 July 1967, to José Rafael Abinader Wassaf, politician and entrepreneur of Lebanese origin, and Rosa Sula Corona Caba, a white Dominican of Canarian colonial stock.[1]

Abinader (second from the right) with Hipólito Mejía,bTavito Suberví and Fello Suberví

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

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 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[2] and the Modern Revolutionary Party[3] 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).[4] Had he reached the presidency, Abinader would have been the first Dominican president born after the Trujillo dictatorship, and the first elected president to have not lived during the dictatorship since Ramón Cáceres, assassinated in 1911. Giuliani Partners, specifically Rudy Giuliani and John Huvane, advised Abinader in the campaign as security consultants.[5][6]

2020 presidential election

Abinader is running for election in the 2020 cycle. Rudy Giuliani and John Huvane are again advising Abinader in the campaign as security consultants.[5][7]

Personal life

Abinader is married to Raquel Arbaje Soni, 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.[8]

On June 11, 2020, Abinader announced that he and his wife tested positive for COVID-19.[9]

Ancestry

References
  1. 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.
  2. Thomas, Juan Eduardo (8 December 2014). "Partido escoge a Abinader como candidato presidencial" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Listín Diario. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  3. "Luis Abinader le ganó ayer la convención del PRM a Hipólito Mejía" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Diario Libre. 27 April 2015.
  4. 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.
  5. "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.
  6. John Huvane. "Dominican Republic: Saftey(sic) And Security PDF" (PDF). context-cdn.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  7. 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)
  8. (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.
  9. "Dominican presidential contender tests positive for COVID-19". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  10. 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.
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