Luis Abinader

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Abinader and the second or maternal family name is Corona.
Luis Abinader
Born (1967-07-12) 12 July 1967
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Ethnicity White Dominican
Alma mater Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo
Occupation politician, economist, businessman
Known for candidacy for President of the Dominican Republic
Political party Modern Revolutionary Party (2014–present),
Dominican Revolutionary Party (before 2014)
Spouse(s) Raquel Arbaje Soni
Children Esther Patricia, Graciela Lucía, Adriana Margarita
Parent(s) Sula Corona
José Rafael Abinader
Website Luis Abinader
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Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona (12 July 1967, Santo Domingo) is a politician, economist, and businessman from the Dominican Republic.

He is the presidential candidate of the Dominican Humanist Party[1] and the Modern Revolutionary Party[2] for the next 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.

Biography

Early life

Born on 12 July 1967, to José Rafael Abinader Wasaf, politician and writer of Lebanese origin,[3] and Rosa Sula Corona Caba, of Canarian colonial stock. He married to Raquel Arbaje Soni (of Lebanese descent) and had 3 daughters: Esther Patricia, Graciela Lucía, and Adriana Margarita Abinader Arbaje.[4]

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.

Business and political career

Abinader (second from right) alongside Hipólito Mejía, Tavito Suberví and Fello Suberví

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

  1. Thomas, Juan Eduardo (8 December 2014). "Partido escoge a Abinader como candidato presidencial" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Listín Diario. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  2. "Luis Abinader le ganó ayer la convención del PRM a Hipólito Mejía" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Diario Libre. 27 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 Irrizarri, Evelyn (26 September 2013). "José Rafael Abinader: "Me arrepiento del tiempo que le dediqué a la política"" (in Spanish). El Caribe. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  4. 1 2 (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.
  5. 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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