Events in the year 2020 in the

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 wit ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

: Danilo Medina (until 16 August), Luis Abinader (starting 16 August) *

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on t ...

Margarita Cedeño de Fernández A margarita is a cocktail consisting of Tequila, triple sec, and lime juice often served with salt on the rim of the glass. The drink is served shaken with ice (on the rocks), blended with ice (frozen margarita), or without ice (straight up). ...

(until 16 August),

Raquel Peña de Antuña Raquel Peña de Antuña (born Raquel Peña Rodríguez; 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 ...

(starting 16 August)

Events

*1 January –

New Year's Day New Year's Day is a festival observed in most of the world on 1 January, the first day of the year in the modern Gregorian calendar. 1 January is also New Year's Day on the Julian calendar, but this is not the same day as the Gregorian one. Wh ...

national holiday National holiday may refer to: * National day, a day when a nation celebrates a very important event in its history, such as its establishment *Public holiday, a holiday established by law, usually a day off for at least a portion of the workforce, ...

* 6 January – Day of Kings (Dia de Reyes), national holiday * 21 January – Our Lady of High Grace, national holiday * 26 January –

Duarte Duarte may refer to: * Duarte (surname), person's surname (or composed surname) and given name * Duarte, California, United States * Duarte Province, Dominican Republic * Pico Duarte Pico Duarte is the highest peak in the Dominican Republic, on th ...

's Birthday, national holiday *16 February –

2020 Dominican Republic municipal elections Municipal elections were held in the Dominican Republic on February 16, 2020, to elect all local governments officials in the country, including mayors, deputy mayors, aldermen, directors, deputy directors, and voices in municipalities. However, ...

: Software problems force the suspension of the elections.Software glitches force Dominican Republic to suspend vote
ABC News, 16 Feb 2020 *27 February –

Independence Day An independence day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's independence or statehood, usually after ceasing to be a group or part of another nation or state, or more rarely after the end of a military occupation. Man ...

, national holidayCIA Factbook: Dominican Republic
retrieved 16 Feb 2020 *10 April –

Good Friday Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. It is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum. It is also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, Great and Holy Friday (also Hol ...

, national holiday *12 April -

Easter Easter,Traditional names for the feast in English are "Easter Day", as in the '' Book of Common Prayer''; "Easter Sunday", used by James Ussher''The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher, Volume 4'') and Samuel Pepys''The Diary of Samuel ...

, national holiday * 1 May -

Labour Day Labour Day ('' Labor Day'' in the United States) is an annual holiday to celebrate the achievements of workers. Labour Day has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for ...

, national holiday *31 May – Mother's Day * 11 June – Corpus Christi, national holiday *26 July - Father's Day * 16 August – Restoration Day, national holiday * 24 September - Our Lady of Mercy (Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes), national holiday * 6 November -

Constitution A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of Legal entity, entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed. When ...

Day, national holiday * 25 December -

Christmas Christmas is an annual festival commemorating Nativity of Jesus, the birth of Jesus, Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people Observance of Christmas by country, around t ...

Day, national holiday *16 February –

: Software problems force the suspension of the elections. *27 February – Independence Day, Dominican Republic *28 February – The

refuses to allow a British cruise ship to dock due to fears of

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...

. The ship heads to St. Maarten. *1 March – First confirmed case of COVID-19 in the Dominican Republic. *16 April – Forty-two people die after drinking adulterated alcohol from three clandestine distilleries in the Dominican Republic. *5 July – In the

2020 Dominican Republic general election General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 5 July 2020 to elect a president, vice-president, 32 senators and 190 deputies. They had originally been planned for 17 May, but were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. They are t ...

, Luis Abinader is elected president. *31 July –

Hurricane Isaias Hurricane Isaias () was a destructive Category 1 hurricane that caused extensive damage across the Caribbean and the East Coast of the United States while also spawning a large tropical tornado outbreak that generated the strongest tropical c ...

batters the Dominican Republic, killing two. *23 August – Tropical Storm Laura, which would later become Hurricane Laura, kills four people, and causes nearly 1.1 million people to lose power. *25 August – The Dominican Republic is the only member of the

United Nations Security Council The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the Organs of the United Nations, six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international security, international peace and security, recommending the admi ...

to support an effort by the United States to "snap back" sanctions against Iran. *31 August – Authorities break up a gang that falsified Spanish passports to facilitate emigration.

Deaths

*4 January – Puerto Plata, musician (b. 1923). *15 February – Tony Fernández, 57, baseball player (b. 1962). *24 March –

Jenny Polanco Jenny Altagracia Polanco de Léon (January 18, 1958 – March 24, 2020) was a Dominican fashion designer. Polanco, whose professional career spanned more than 37 years, was known for ready-to-wear women's clothing, jewelry, woven handbags, and o ...

, fashion designer (b. 1958); COVID-19. *15 April – Dámaso García, 63, baseball player (b. 1957). *16 July –

Víctor Víctor Víctor Víctor (born Víctor José Víctor Rojas; 11 December 1948 – 16 July 2020) was a Dominican guitarist, singer and composer. Víctor was born in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic to José Víctor (father) and Avelina ...

, singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948); COVID-19. *19 December – Carmen Quidiello, 105, playwright and poet, former

First Lady First lady is an unofficial title usually used for the wife, and occasionally used for the daughter or other female relative, of a non-monarchical A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state fo ...

(b. 1915).Ha fallecido, a los 105 años, doña Carmen Quidiello viuda Bosch

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{{Caribbean topic, 2020 in 2020s in the Dominican Republic Years of the 21st century in the Dominican Republic

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