Full Name
H.E. Luis Abinader
Job Title
President,
Current Employer
The Dominican Republic
Speaker Bio
Born July 12, 1967. Married to Mrs. Raquel Arbaje and father of three daughters, Esther Patricia, Graciela Lucia and Adriana Margarita. He is the son of businessman and political leader Jose Rafael Abinader W. and Mrs. Rosa Sula Corona C.
He studied high school at Colegio Loyola, obtained a degree in Economics at the Institute of Technology of Santo Domingo. He completed postgraduate studies in Project Management
at Arthur D. Little Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He also studied Corporate Finance and Financial Engineering at Harvard University, also Advanced Management at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. Elected Vice-President of the Dominican Revolutionary Party at the 2005 national convention.
He is currently the Executive President of the ABICOR Group, which has developed and operated important tourism projects in the country. This family group has led the business project of what is today Cementos Santo Domingo, of which he is Vice-President.
He has been president of the Hotels Association of Sosua and Cabarete and is also a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Hotels and Restaurants (ASONAHORES). Member of the Board of Directors of the O&M University Foundation.
Recognized by the State Congress of Rhode Island, U.S.A., for his trajectory in the public, educational and business fields. In addition, he received awards from the Mayor's Office of Boston and the Massachusetts State Senate for his contributions to higher education, civic engagement and community service.
Former candidate for the Vice-Presidency of the Republic for the Dominican Revolutionary Party in the 2012 presidential elections.
Luis Abinader was chosen as presidential candidate at the PRM convention held on April 26, 2015. His candidacy was chosen with more than 70% of the votes, assuming a victory recognized from the first bulletin by the rest of the aspirants.
He worked to achieve a presidential project that unified the entire opposition and the the majority of the society with a view to the May 2016 elections. Despite participating in very adverse conditions, with a party that barely had a year and a half of existence and competing with a president who counted in his favor with all the resources of the State, Abinader obtained more than 35% of the votes in the elections of May 15, 2016, leaving the PRM as the second political force in the Dominican Republic.
In 2019, he was chosen once again as candidate for the presidency in the internal convention of his party, becoming the President Elect of the Dominican Republic in the extraordinary presidential elections of July 5, 2020. On August 16, 2020, he was sworn in as President of the Dominican Republic for the 2020-2024 term.
He studied high school at Colegio Loyola, obtained a degree in Economics at the Institute of Technology of Santo Domingo. He completed postgraduate studies in Project Management
at Arthur D. Little Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He also studied Corporate Finance and Financial Engineering at Harvard University, also Advanced Management at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. Elected Vice-President of the Dominican Revolutionary Party at the 2005 national convention.
He is currently the Executive President of the ABICOR Group, which has developed and operated important tourism projects in the country. This family group has led the business project of what is today Cementos Santo Domingo, of which he is Vice-President.
He has been president of the Hotels Association of Sosua and Cabarete and is also a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Hotels and Restaurants (ASONAHORES). Member of the Board of Directors of the O&M University Foundation.
Recognized by the State Congress of Rhode Island, U.S.A., for his trajectory in the public, educational and business fields. In addition, he received awards from the Mayor's Office of Boston and the Massachusetts State Senate for his contributions to higher education, civic engagement and community service.
Former candidate for the Vice-Presidency of the Republic for the Dominican Revolutionary Party in the 2012 presidential elections.
Luis Abinader was chosen as presidential candidate at the PRM convention held on April 26, 2015. His candidacy was chosen with more than 70% of the votes, assuming a victory recognized from the first bulletin by the rest of the aspirants.
He worked to achieve a presidential project that unified the entire opposition and the the majority of the society with a view to the May 2016 elections. Despite participating in very adverse conditions, with a party that barely had a year and a half of existence and competing with a president who counted in his favor with all the resources of the State, Abinader obtained more than 35% of the votes in the elections of May 15, 2016, leaving the PRM as the second political force in the Dominican Republic.
In 2019, he was chosen once again as candidate for the presidency in the internal convention of his party, becoming the President Elect of the Dominican Republic in the extraordinary presidential elections of July 5, 2020. On August 16, 2020, he was sworn in as President of the Dominican Republic for the 2020-2024 term.
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