Pedro José Alegría Soto (born 24 September 1951) is a businessman and politician from the

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. He was

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for the

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San José de Ocoa San José de Ocoa, or simply Ocoa, is the capital of San José de Ocoa Province, San José de Ocoa province in the Dominican Republic. It is located in a valley in the southern region of the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic, Central Cordiller ...

and was elected in 2002, and re-elected in 2006; he has also been President of Lotería Electrónica Internacional Dominicana, S.A. (LEIDSA) —the largest private Dominican lottery— since its foundation in 1997. Alegría has a

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. Pedro Alegría became the first senator elected from the Institutional Social Democratic Bloc after the 2016 general election.

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Living people 1951 births People from San José de Ocoa Province Dominican Revolutionary Party politicians Members of the Senate of the Dominican Republic Gambling people White Dominicans {{DominicanRepublic-politician-stub