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President and Chairman of the
Modern Revolutionary Party , term_start2 = 14 June 2018 , term_end2 = , predecessor2 = , successor2 = , vicepresident2 = Gloria Reyes , office3 = Coat of arms of the Dominican Republic

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for the

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of Puerto Plata , term_start3 = 16 August 2016 , term_end3 = 16 August 2020 , predecessor3 = Francis Vargas
(Dominican Liberation's Party) , successor3 = Ginette Bournigal
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for Puerto Plata , term_start4 = 16 August 2010 , term_end4 = 16 August 2016 , majority4 = Dominican Liberation's Party (PLD) , alongside4 = Félix Antonio Castillo Rodríguez (PLD), Francisco Javier Clark Vásquez (PLD), Graciela Fermín Nuesi (PRD), Juan Carlos Quiñones Minaya (PLD), Pedro Alejandro Aguirre Hernández (PRD) , birth_date = , birth_place =

Santo Domingo , total_type = Total , population_density_km2 = auto , timezone = AST (UTC −4) , area_code_type = Area codes , area_code = 809, 829, 849 , postal_code_type = Postal codes , postal_code = 10100–10699 (Distrito Nacional) , websi ...

, Dominican Republic , death_date = , death_place = , resting_place = , spouse = Isabel Lucía Brugal Portela , relatives = , citizenship = Dominican (1981–present)
Spanish (1981–2017) , party = Modern Revolutionary Party (2014–present)
Dominican Revolutionary Party (until 2014) , otherparty = , blank1 = Net worth , data1 = , blank2 = Social media , data2 = , signature = , signature_alt = , website = José Ignacio Ramón Paliza Nouel (born

, 1 September 1981) is a politician and lawyer from the

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. He is the President and Chairman of the Modern Revolutionary Party since 14 June 2018, and Administrative Minister of the Presidency since 16 August 2020. He was senator representing the province of Puerto Plata for the 2016–2020 period.

Early life and family

Paliza Nouel is the son of businessman and honorary consul of Spain in Puerto Plata, Juan Ignacio Paliza García, and nephew of entrepreneurs José Manuel Paliza and Elena Viyella de Paliza. His grandfather Benito Paliza Torre was a Spanish immigrant who was dedicated to work in the coffee industry upon his arrival to the Dominican Republic. His mother, Grace Malvina Nouel, was born in

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, during the period her father was Consul appointed by the dictator

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for his particular adherence to him; she is the daughter of José María Nouel Simpson (son of lawyer and

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José María Nouel Bobadilla, son of historian, lawyer and legislator Carlos Rafael Nouel Pierret and brother of archbishop and president of the Dominican Republic

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, and Grace Simpson Neumann, the daughter of Thomas Simpson, the United States consul in Puerto Plata from 1884 to 1905), and Ligia Malvina Henríquez Mon. On his mother's side, he descends from President

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, the first ruler of the Dominican Republic; Paliza Nouel is great-grandnephew of ''

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'' Adolfo Alejandro Nouel. In 2003, he earned a doctorate in law (

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), at

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; he studied ''International Studies of Law'', ''Business and Public Policy'', and ''Public Finance Management'', at Georgetown,

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and

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, respectively..

Ancestry

Paliza's maternal family was a notable elite family in the Dominican Republic. His ancestors includes Presidents, Senators, Ministers and Consuls.

Politics

He was elected with just 28 years as a deputy to the 2010–2016 legislature, and was the youngest member of the

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. In his 2010 sworn statement of assets, Paliza stated that he had a negative equity, as he owed RD$ 5 million (US$ 135,000) to his father (who died in 2014). In 2016 he reported to have RD$ 13.38 million (US$ 291,000) in assets. In 2020, Paliza's net worth rose to RD$ 23.08 million (US$ 395,000). In August 2014, along with more than thirty deputies defectors he entered into the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), following a split in the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD). Paliza was elected President and Chairman of the Modern Revolutionary Party in the primary elections held on 18 March 2018, he took office on 14 June 2018.

References

External links

* *FÉLIZ, Iván (14 April 2013).
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