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 5 July 2020 election. From his inauguration on 16 August 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	in Office since
Ministry of the Presidency	Minister of the Presidency	Joel Santos Echavarría	22 August 2022
Ministry of Defense	Minister of Defense	Major general, E.N Carlos 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	Pavel Isa Contreras	7 July 2022
Office of the Attorney General	Attorney General of the Republic	Miriam Germán Brito Yeni Berenice Reynoso	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	Jochi Vicente Dubocq	16 August 2020
Ministry of Education	Minister of Education	Ángel Hernández Castillo	3 August 2022
Ministry of Public Health	Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance	Daniel Rivera Reyes	1 March 2021
Ministry of Public Works and Communications	Minister of Public Works and Communications	Deligne Ascención Burgos	16 August 2020
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources	Minister of Environment and Natural Resources	Miguel Ceara Hatton	7 July 2022
Ministry of Industry, Commerce and MIPYMES	Minister of Industry, Commerce and MIPYMES	Víctor (Itó) Bisonó Haza	16 August 2020
Ministry of Agriculture	Minister of Agriculture	Limber Cruz López	16 August 2020
Ministry of Tourism	Minister of Tourism	David Collado Morales	16 August 2020
Ministry Administrative of the Presidency	Minister Administrative of the Presidency	José 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 De Camps García-Mella	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	Darío Castillo Lugo	16 August 2020
Ministry of Culture	Minister of Culture	Milagros Germán Olalla	10 October 2021
Ministry of Women	Minister of Women	Mayra Jiménez	16 August 2020
Ministry of Youth	Minister of Youth	Rafael Féliz García	15 December 2021
Ministry of Energy and Mines	Minister of Energy and Mines	Antonio Almonte Reynoso	16 August 2020
Ministry of Housing, Habitat and Buildings	Minister of Housing, Habitat and Buildings	Carlos Bonilla Sánchez	11 August 2021

References

Presidencia de la República Dominicana (in Spanish)

Cabinet of the Dominican Republic

Current Cabinet

See also

References