Cabinet of the Dominican Republic

The Cabinet of the Dominican Republic is chosen by the President of the Republic and can be removed by the president at any time. The cabinet ministers were known as Secretaries of State until 26 January 2010 with the proclamation of the new Constitution.

Current Cabinet

Luis Abinader won the Presidency in the July 5, 2020 election. From his inauguration on August 16, 2020 cabinet will be fully renewed for the first time since 2004, however some members of the 2000-2004 administration cabinet will return to a first level office.

These are the current ministers of the cabinet:

Portfolio	Office	Incumbent	Image	in Office since
Ministry of the Presidency	Minister of the Presidency	Lisandro José Macarrulla Tavárez		16 August 2020
Ministry of Defense	Minister of Defense	Major general, E.N Carlos Luciano Díaz Morfa		16 August 2020
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Roberto Álvarez Gil		16 August 2020
Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development	Minister of Economy, Planning and Development	Miguel Ceara Hatton		16 August 2020
Office of the Attorney General	Attorney General of the Republic	Miriam German Brito		16 August 2020
Ministry of Interior and Police	Minister of Interior and Police	Jesús Vásquez Martínez		16 August 2020
Ministry of Finance	Minister of Finance	José Manuel Vicente Dubocq		16 August 2020
Ministry of Education	Minister of Education	Roberto Fulcar		16 August 2020
Ministry of Public Health	Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance	Plutarco Arias Arias		16 August 2020
Ministry of Public Works and Communications	Minister of Public Works and Communications	Delígne Ascención		16 August 2020
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources	Minister of Environment and Natural Resources	Orlando Jorge Mera		16 August 2020
Ministry of Industry, Commerce and MIPYMES	Minister of Industry, Commerce and MIPYMES	Víctor Orlando Bisonó Haza		16 August 2020
Ministry of Agriculture	Minister of Agriculture	Limber Cruz		16 August 2020
Ministry of Tourism	Minister of Tourism	Miguel David Collado Morales		16 August 2020
Ministry Administrative of the Presidency	Minister Administrative of the Presidency	José Ignacio Ramón Paliza Nouel		16 August 2020
Ministry of High Education, Science and Technology	Minister of High Education, Science and Technology	Franklin García Fermín		16 August 2020
Ministry of Labour	Minister of Labour	Luis Miguel de Camps García		16 August 2020
Ministry of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation	Minister of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation	Francisco Camacho Rivas		16 August 2020
Ministry of Public Administration	Minister of Public Administration	Tomás Darío Castillo Lugo		16 August 2020
Ministry of Culture	Minister of Culture	Carmen Heredia Ottenwalder		16 August 2020
Ministry of Women	Minister of Women	Mayra Jiménez		16 August 2020
Ministry of Youth	Minister of Youth	Kimberly Taveras Duarte		16 August 2020
Ministry of Energy and Mines	Minister of Energy and Mines	Antonio Almonte Reynoso		16 August 2020

See also

• Congress of the Dominican Republic
• Danilo Medina

References

Presidencia de la República Dominicana (in Spanish)