Alba María Antonia Cabral Cornero (born 26 June 1947), known as Peggy, is a Dominican journalist, television host, politician and diplomat. Cabral was co-president of the

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from 2013 to 2020; she also was vice-mayor of the National District (1998–2002). She served as Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic from 2019 to 2020. She is

José Francisco Peña Gómez José Francisco Peña Gómez (6 March 1937 – 10 May 1998) was a politician from the Dominican Republic. He was the leader of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), a three-time candidate for president of the Dominican Republic and former May ...

's widow.

Early life and family

Peggy is daughter of the

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journalist of Spanish descent Alba María Cornero, a native of

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, and Dominican writer and diplomat

Manuel del Cabral Manuel del Cabral (7 March 1907, in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic – 14 May 1999, in Santo Domingo) was a Dominican poet, writer, and diplomat. The son of Mario Fermín Cabral y Báez, an influential senator during the "Era of ...

of colonial Spanish and colonial French descent; she was born in

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while her father was serving in the Embassy of the Dominican Republic to Argentina. Cabral comes from a prominent political family in the Dominican Republic, which has had several presidents, including

Buenaventura Báez Ramón Buenaventura Báez Méndez (July 14, 1812March 14, 1884), was a Dominican politician and military figure. He was president of the Dominican Republic for five nonconsecutive terms. His rule was characterized by being very corrupt and govern ...

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José María Cabral General José María Cabral y Luna (born Ingenio Nuevo; December 12, 1816 in San Cristóbal Province – February 28, 1899 in Santo Domingo) was a Dominican military figure and politician. He served as the first Supreme Chief of the Dominica ...

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, and Donald Reid-Cabral. Her grandfather,

Mario Fermín Cabral y Báez Mario Fermín Cabral y Báez ( Baní, 1877–Santo Domingo, 1961) was a politician from the Dominican Republic. He was Senator for the Province of Santiago, and also the President of the Senate of the Dominican Republic three times: 1914–191 ...

drafted the bill that in 1935 renamed the Dominican capital,

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, for ''Trujillo City'' in honor of dictator

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. In the late 1950s her father defected to Argentina and received

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, where the Cabral family lived for 17 years before returning to the Dominican Republic, except for a sister of Peggy who remained in Argentina. She married young to Diego Fidel Raúl Degaudenzi Rizzo, an Argentine of Italian descent, with whom she had three children, who have given to them twelve grandchildren. Degaudenzi and Cabral divorced. Cabral remarried on 19 December 1986 to Dominican politician

, of whom she's the widow . She studied business administration at the

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. During her youth she lived in Argentina, Spain, Chile and Brazil.

TV and political career

En la televisión dominicana ha sido presentadora del programa ''Conversando con Peggy Cabral'', en el que ha entrevistado a destacadas figuras como

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, y

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. She was the

candidate for the senate seat of the

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to the congressional elections in 2010, she got 41.07% of the votes, being defeated by the incumbent Tommy Galán. In August 2013, she was designated acting president of the Dominican Revolutionary Party. In late 2015, Cabral was appointed Dominican Republic ambassador to Italy.

Awards and honours

She has received several awards throughout her life, including: * Llaves de la ciudad de

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* Orden de Don José Solano y Bote (Venezuela) * Huésped de Honor de las ciudades de

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(Argentina) * Personaje del año 2003 (Movimiento Cultural Dominicano)

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