Peggy Cabral

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 Dominican Revolutionary Party from 2013 to 2020; she also was vice-mayor of the National District (1998–2002).[3] Since December 2019 she serves as Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic. She is José Francisco Peña Gómez's widow.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cabral and the second or maternal family name is Cornero.
Peggy Cabral
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs
of the Dominican Republic
Assumed office
13 December 2019
PresidentDanilo Medina
MinisterMiguel Vargas
Ambassador
of the Dominican Republic
to the Italian Republic
In office
28 October 2015 – 13 December 2019
Preceded byVinicio A. Tobal Ureña
Succeeded byRafael A. Tejeda Acevedo
Vice-Mayor
of the National District
In office
16 May 1998 – 16 May 2002
Serving with Johnny Ventura (Mayor)
Preceded byJohnny Ventura
Succeeded byMargarita Álvarez de Peynado
Personal details
Born
Alba María Antonia Cabral Cornero

(1947-06-26) 26 June 1947
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Political partyModern Revolutionary Party (from 2020)
Other political
affiliations		Dominican Revolutionary Party (until 2020)
Spouse(s)Diego Fidel Raúl Degaudenzi Rizzo (?)
José Francisco Peña Gómez (1986–1998)
ChildrenDiego Fidel Antonio Degaudenzi Cabral, Sebastián Atilio Antonio Degaudenzi Cabral, Natacha Antonieta Degaudenzi Cabral[1][2]
ParentsManuel del Cabral (father);
Alba Cornero (mother)
Alma materUniversity of Buenos Aires
Peggy Cabral on Twitter

Early life and family

Peggy is daughter of the Argentine journalist of Spanish descent Alba María Cornero, a native of Rosario, and Dominican writer and diplomat Manuel del Cabral; she was born in Buenos Aires while her father was serving in the Embassy of the Dominican Republic to Argentina.[1]

Cabral comes from a prominent political family in the Dominican Republic, which has had several presidents, including Buenaventura Báez, Ramón Báez, José María Cabral, Marcos Cabral, and Donald Reid-Cabral. Her grandfather, Sen. Mario Fermín Cabral y Báez drafted the bill that in 1935 renamed the Dominican capital, Santo Domingo, for Trujillo City in honor of dictator Rafael Trujillo.[4][5]

In the late 1950s her father defected to Argentina and received political asylum, 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.[1] Degaudenzi and Cabral divorced. Cabral remarried on 19 December 1986 to Dominican politician José Francisco Peña Gómez,[6] of whom she's the widow .[7] She studied business administration at the University of Buenos Aires.[1] During her youth she lived in Argentina, Spain, Chile and Brazil.[1]

TV and political career

En la televisión dominicana ha sido presentadora del programa Conversando con Peggy Cabral,[8] en el que ha entrevistado a destacadas figuras como Hugo Chávez,[8] Benazir Bhutto,[8] Mahmoud Abbas,[8] Fidel Castro,[8] y Michel Martelly.[9]

She was the Dominican Revolutionary Party candidate for the senate seat of the San Cristóbal province to the congressional elections in 2010,[10] she got 41.07% of the votes, being defeated by the incumbent Tommy Galán.[11]

In August 2013, she was designated acting president of the Dominican Revolutionary Party.[12][13]

In late 2015, Cabral was appointed Dominican Republic ambassador to Italy.[14]

Awards and honours

She has received several awards throughout her life, including:[15]

  • Llaves de la ciudad de Paterson, New Jersey
  • Medalla al Mérito en el Renglón Político, impuesta por el entonces presidente de la República Dominicana, Hipólito Mejía
  • Orden de Don José Solano y Bote (Venezuela)
  • Huésped de Honor de las ciudades de La Plata y Rosario (Argentina)
  • Personaje del año 2003 (Movimiento Cultural Dominicano)

References
  1. Irrizari, Evelyn (1 May 2013). "La vida junto a Peña era diferente todos los días" (in Spanish). El Caribe. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  2. Jorge Blanco, Salvador (1986). "Decreto No. 15-1986 que concede la nacionalidad dominicana provisional a los menores de edad Sebastián Atilio Antonio y Natacha Antonieta Degaudenzi Cabral" (in Spanish). Presidencia de la República Dominicana.
  3. Guzmán Then, Abel (3 February 2010). "JCE decidirá si acepta candidatura de Peggy Cabral" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Listín Diario. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  4. Mármol, Víctor A. (28 August 2007). "Mármoladas" (in Spanish). Hoy. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  5. González, Julio (28 March 2009). "Cápsulas Genealógicas: Marcos A. Cabral" (in Spanish). Hoy. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  6. Guzmán, Pedrito (21 April 2008). "Historia Gráfica de Peña Gómez / Pedrito Guzmán" (in Spanish). Flickr. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  7. Uribe, Millizen (11 December 2013). "Peggy Cabral: Con sentencia TC, nacionalidad de Peña Gómez no está en juego" (in Spanish). Hoy. Archived from the original on 23 January 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  8. ""Conversando con Peggy" regresa con nuevo formato" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Acento. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  9. Cabral, Peggy (9 December 2012). "Martelly tiene confianza en el futuro de su nación" (in Spanish). Listín Diario. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  10. "PRD presenta candidatos a cargos congresuales y municipales" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Diario Libre. 7 February 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  11. "Boletines Elecciones Congresuales y Municipales 2010" (in Spanish). Junta Central Electoral. Search at: "San Cristóbal". Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  12. "Peggy Cabral designada presidenta en funciones del PRD". Diario Libre. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  13. "Peggy Cabral dice asume cargo PRD para mediar" (in Spanish). Hoy. 6 August 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  14. "El Poder Ejecutivo designa a Peggy Cabral como embajadora en Italia" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: 7dias.com.do. 2 November 2015. Archived from the original on 3 November 2015.
  15. "Peggy Cabral" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
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