Luis Abinader, re-elected president of the Dominican Republic

The businessman and economist, Luis Abinader, 56, was re-elected this Sunday as president of the Dominican Republic by the Trendy Revolutionary Occasion (PRM, progressive liberal) for the interval 2024-2028, a mandate for which he will even have a cushty parliamentary majority. .

In response to the primary knowledge offered by the Central Electoral Board, the president obtained extra help than within the July 2020 elections, when he obtained round 53% of the votes.

Preliminary figures recommend that he has obtained round 60% of the votes this time, greater than double that of the second most voted candidate, three-time president Leonel Fernández, of the progressive Fuerza del Pueblo.

Born on July 12, 1967 in Santo Domingo right into a rich household of Lebanese origin, Abinader is the primary Dominican president born following the autumn of Rafael Trujillo’s dictatorship (1930-1961).

Abinader holds a level in Economics from the Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo, with postgraduate research in Company Finance and Monetary Engineering at Harvard College and Superior Administration at Dartmouth Faculty.

The Dominican Republic has modified»

“The Dominican Republic has modified and it has modified perpetually,” proclaimed re-elected President Luis Abinader in his speech on Sunday night time following confirming his landslide victory within the presidential elections.

Abinader affirmed that the Dominican individuals “need to proceed deepening the change” and careworn that he assumes the belief positioned in him and won’t fail the residents of his nation.

In response to the ruler, 4 years in the past he was elected with the hope of a change and now he’ll proceed to hold out the identical, however he is not going to attempt to search re-election, following the 2 mandates indicated by the Structure.

“This optimism is not going to cloud our hope nor will we ignore the obstacles. Within the Dominican Republic, the perfect is but to come back,” added Abinader, flanked by the additionally re-elected vp Raquel Peña, and by his spouse, the primary girl Raquel Arbaje.

The president thanked the Dominicans “from the underside of his coronary heart” for the “civility and participation of every one” of them, which “have been elementary to strengthening” the establishments.

*With info from EFE*