, name = Orlando Jorge Villegas , image = , caption = , order = , office = Member of the

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of the

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, term_start = 16 August 2020 , term_end = , birth_date = , birth_place = Santiago de los Caballeros,

, death_date = , death_place = , party = Modern Revolutionary Party , spouse = , children = , father = Orlando Jorge Mera , mother =

Patricia Villegas Patricia Selma Villegas García (born 1969) is a lawyer and diplomat from the Dominican Republic. Early life and family Villegas was born in 1969 into an affluent White Dominicans, white Dominican family. Her parents were Víctor Villegas and ...

, relatives = , alma_mater = * Escuela de Organización Industrial
* Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra , module = Orlando Salvador Jorge Villegas (born 2 February 1991) is a Dominican politician and journalist.

Early life and family

Jorge Villegas was born on 2 February 1991 into a prominent upper class

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family from Santiago, Dominican Republic with political connections. His parents are

, diplomat, and Orlando Jorge Mera, politician and lawyer. He has one sister. His paternal grandfather

Salvador Jorge Blanco José Salvador Omar Jorge Blanco (July 5, 1926 – December 26, 2010) was a politician, lawyer and a writer. He was President of the Dominican Republic, from 1982 to 1986. He was a Senator running for the PRD party. He started his political care ...

was

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 th ...

from 1982 to 1986. His maternal great-great-grandfather Faustino de Soto was Senator for El Seibo Province in the 19th century. He is also descended from General Ramón Santana, the twin brother of Lieutenant-General

Pedro Santana Pedro Santana y Familias, 1st Marquess of Las Carreras (June 29, 1801June 14, 1864) was a Dominican military commander and royalist politician who served as the president of the junta that had established the First Dominican Republic, a pre ...

, 1st President of the Dominican Republic and Marquis of Las Carreras. Jorge Villegas studied social communication at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra. He has a master from Escuela de Organización Industrial.

Television and radio

Jorge Villegas has been press director of "Antena Latina", director of "Antena Noticias 7". He has also worked in Telenoticias from 2010. Since 2020 Jorge works at El Sol de la Mañana.

Political career

Jorge Villegas, a member of the Modern Revolutionary Party, was elected to the

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for the National District in June 2022 and took office on 16 August. He is a member of the Parliamentary Group of Dominican-Brazilian Friendship.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jorge Villegas, Orlando 1991 births Dominican Republic people of Asturian descent Dominican Republic people of Canarian descent Dominican Republic people of French descent Dominican Republic people of Spanish descent Dominican Republic Roman Catholics Living people Modern Revolutionary Party politicians People from Santiago de los Caballeros Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic White Dominicans