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Independent Revolutionary Party
The Independent Revolutionary Party (PRI) ( es, Partido Revolucionario Independiente) is a minor political party of the Dominican Republic, without parliamentary representation after the 16 May 2006 election. The PRI was created by Jacobo Majluta as a way to further his political and electoral ambitions. The party was founded in 1989 by Jacobo Majluta, who served briefly as President of the Dominican Republic in 1982 and Vice President from 1978 to 1982. His wife, former first lady Ana Elisa Villanueva Ana Elisa Aurora Villanueva Callot (July 28, 1930 – April 5, 1998) was a Dominican politician and children's advocate. She served as First Lady of the Dominican Republic from July 4, 1982, to August 16, 1982, during the brief 43-day presidency ..., served as the party's vice president. References broadleft.org Leftist Parties of the World, Dominican Republic. April 25, 2005. Political parties in the Dominican Republic {{DominicanRepublic-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ideological or policy goals. Political parties have become a major part of the politics of almost every country, as modern party organizations developed and spread around the world over the last few centuries. It is extremely rare for a country to have Non-partisan democracy, no political parties. Some countries have Single-party state, only one political party while others have Multi-party system, several. Parties are important in the politics of autocracies as well as democracies, though usually democracies have more political parties than autocracies. Autocracies often have a single party that governs the country, and some political scientists consider competition between two or more parties to be an essential part of democracy. Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with Haiti, making Hispaniola one of only two Caribbean islands, along with Saint Martin, that is shared by two sovereign states. The Dominican Republic is the second-largest nation in the Antilles by area (after Cuba) at , and third-largest by population, with approximately 10.7 million people (2022 est.), down from 10.8 million in 2020, of whom approximately 3.3 million live in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city. The official language of the country is Spanish. The native Taíno people had inhabited Hispaniola before the arrival of Europeans, dividing it into five chiefdoms. They had constructed an advanced farming and hunting society, and were in the process of becoming an organized civilization. The Taínos also in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Dominican Republic Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2006. Inter-Parliamentary Union They were won by the led by the , which took 96 of the 178 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 of the 32 Senate seats. Results References {{Dominican Republic elections[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacobo Majluta
Jacobo Majluta Azar (9 October 1934 – 2 March 1996) was Vice President of the Dominican Republic from 16 August 1978 to 4 July 1982. He was one of the generations of politicians in the Dominican Republic whose ambition was continually thwarted by the country's labyrinthine power struggles and sectarianism. Biography Born in 1934 into a merchant family of Lebanese origin, Majluta studied finance at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo before working as an accountant in the banking and state sectors. He married Ana Elisa Villanueva on April 17, 1962. The couple had one daughter, Consuelo Elena. Majluta joined the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) in 1961, in the wake of the dictator Leonidas Trujillo's assassination, and rose quickly, becoming the youngest minister in Juan Bosch's short-lived government of 1963. He was Minister of Finance. When it was overthrown by a military coup later that year, Majluta went into exile, returning to rebuild his political career and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of The Dominican Republic
The president of the Dominican Republic ( es, Presidente de la República Dominicana) is both the head of state and head of government of the Dominican Republic. The presidential system was established in 1844, following the proclamation of the republic during the Dominican War of Independence. The President of the Dominican Republic is styled ''Your Excellency, Mr. President'' during his time in office. His official residence is the National Palace. The article CXXVIII of the constitution instructs the president of the "faithful execution of the Dominican Law" and confers on him the rank of commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, the National Police and all the State security forces. It has the power to appoint ministers, grant pardons, moratoria and the duty of ensuring national security and the collection and faithful investment of national income. The constitution also places it as the head of the state's foreign policy and grants it the power to appoint diplomatic represe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Caribe (Dominican Republic)
El Caribe (''The Caribbean'') was a biweekly newspaper published from Roatán, Honduras. It was edited by Tomás B. McField. Rafael Barahona Mejía was the director of ''El Caribe''.Zavala, Silvio Arturo. Revista de Historia de América', Vol. 48. Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia, 1959. pp. 563-64 The newspaper published its first edition in Roatán Roatán () is an island in the Caribbean, about off the northern coast of Honduras. It is located between the islands of Utila and Guanaja, and is the largest of the Bay Islands of Honduras. The island was formerly known in English as Ruatan ..., Honduras on 1 June 1918.Charno, Steven M. Latin American Newspapers in United States Libraries; A Union List Compiled in the Serial Division, Library of Congress'. Austin: Published for the Conference on Latin American History by the University of Texas Press, 1969. p. 259 References Publications established in 1918 Newspapers published in Honduras Spanish-langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Lady Of The Dominican Republic
The First Lady of the Dominican Republic the title referring to the wife, or designee, of the president of the Dominican Republic. The official government Office of the First Lady was created by Decree 741-00 on September 10, 2000. The position of first lady is not a politically-mandated office, and as such, the first lady of the Dominican Republic plays no official role in the decision making aspect of the government of the Dominican Republic. However, similar to many other spouses of heads of state and heads of government, the first lady of the Dominican Republic is a public figure who often contributes to philanthropic causes and acts as an unofficial representative for the head of state. There is a government-funded Office of the First Lady, with a staff. The current first lady of the Dominican Republic is Raquel Arbaje, the wife of President Luis Abinader, who has held the position since 2020. References {{First Ladies and Gentlemen Dominican Republic The Domin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Elisa Villanueva
Ana Elisa Aurora Villanueva Callot (July 28, 1930 – April 5, 1998) was a Dominican politician and children's advocate. She served as First Lady of the Dominican Republic from July 4, 1982, to August 16, 1982, during the brief 43-day presidency of her husband, Jacobo Majluta. Villanueva was also the vice president of the Independent Revolutionary Party (PRI). Biography Villanueva was born on July 28, 1930, in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, to an elite family. Her parents were Fernando Villanueva Astol and Consuelo Callot Guridi. Through her mother, Villanueva was distantly related to Cuban poet Dulce María Loynaz. She was raised in Puerto Plata. Villanueva married Jacobo Majluta on April 17, 1962, in a Puerto Plata civil ceremony. The couple had one daughter. Majluta and Villanueva were founding members of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), which was formed in the Dominican Republic in 1961 following the end of the Rafael Trujillo dictatorship. Ana Elisa Villanueva c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
