Raquel Peña | |
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40th Vice President of the Dominican Republic | |
Assumed office 16 August 2020 | |
President | Luis Abinader |
Preceded by | Margarita Cedeño |
Minister of the "Environment." And Natural Resources of the Dominican Republic | |
In office 16 June 2022 – 7 July 2022 | |
Preceded by | Orlando Jorge Mera |
Succeeded by | Miguel Ceara Hatton |
Personal details | |
Born | Raquel Peña Rodríguez (1966-09-10) 10 September 1966 (age 57) Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic |
Political party | Modern Revolutionary Party |
Spouse | Marco José Antuña Cabral (d. 2019) |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra |
Raquel Peña Rodríguez de Antuña (born 10 September 1966) is a Dominican politician and academic who has served as Vice President of the Dominican Republic since 2020.
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."
Professor※
In 2000, Peña became a professor of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra.
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.
Personal life※
Peña was married——to engineer Marco José Antuña Cabral, the great-great-great-grandson of French-Dominican Colonel Furcy Fondeur. They have three children and a grandson by their daughter. Her husband died in 2019.
See also※
- Leonel Fernández
- Danilo Medina
- Luis Almagro
- Adriano Espaillat
- Geovanny Vicente
- Tom Pérez
- Faride Raful
- José Ignacio Paliza
- Raquel Arbaje
References※
- ^ "Vice assumes Environment provisionally". latin-american.news. 17 June 2022. Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ "Quién es Miguel Ceara Hatton, nuevo ministro de Medio Ambiente" https://eldia.com.do/quien-es-miguel-ceara-hatton-nuevo-ministro-de-medio-ambiente/ Archived 2022-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Raquel Peña, from the education sector to the vice presidency of the Republic in less than a year". Dominican Today. 16 August 2020. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Raquel Peña de Antuña, académica y miembro de varios órganos empresariales". Acento. 10 March 2020. Archived from the original on 6 October 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ Mena, Francisco Javier (16 August 2020). "Raquel Peña es la nueva vicepresidenta de RD; hoy se convierten en realidad otros sueños y fantasías". Proceso. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
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Preceded by | Vice President of the Dominican Republic 2020–present |
Incumbent |
- 1966 births
- Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra alumni
- Living people
- Modern Revolutionary Party politicians
- People from Santiago de los Caballeros
- Academic staff of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra
- Vice presidents of the Dominican Republic
- Women vice presidents in North America
- 21st-century Dominican Republic women politicians
- 21st-century Dominican Republic politicians