Zoila V. Martínez Guante is a lawyer, prosecutor and diplomat from the
Dominican Republic.
Martínez Guante graduated as
Juris Doctor
The Juris Doctor (J.D. or JD), also known as Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D., JD, D.Jur., or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law
and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
in 1967.
Martínez was prosecutor attorney of the
National District, and ambassador to the
Republic of Korea (South Korea).
As prosecutor, she was part of the investigation team that probed the
murder of José Rafael Llenas Aybar in 1996.
She was the
Ombudsman
An ombudsman (, also ,), ombud, ombuds, ombudswoman, ombudsperson or public advocate is an official who is usually appointed by the government or by parliament (usually with a significant degree of independence) to investigate complaints and at ...
of the
Dominican Republic from 29 May 2013
to 14 June 2021 when she was succeeded by
Pablo Ulloa.
Martínez has been awarded by the Republic of Korea with the
Order of Diplomatic Service Merit's Gwanghwa Medal, and by her own country with the
Order of Merit of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella's Grand Cross with Silver Breast Star.
See also
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List of first women lawyers and judges in North America
References
Living people
People from Santo Domingo
Ambassadors of the Dominican Republic to South Korea
21st-century Dominican Republic women politicians
21st-century Dominican Republic politicians
Social Christian Reformist Party politicians
Grand Crosses with Silver Breast Star of the Order of Merit of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella
21st-century Dominican Republic women lawyers
Ombudsmen
1941 births
Dominican Republic women ambassadors
20th-century Dominican Republic lawyers
21st-century Dominican Republic lawyers
20th-century women lawyers
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