José Hazim Frappier

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Hazim and the second or maternal family name is Frappier.

José Emeterio Hazim Frappier (born 19 February 1951) is a physician, academic and politician from the Dominican Republic. He was the 2004 Social Christian Reformist Party candidate for Vice President of the Dominican Republic and Senator for the province of San Pedro de Macorís from 1994 to 2006. Hazim was Interim president of his party during the illness of the late Carlos Morales Troncoso.

José Hazim Frappier
Senator for the province of San Pedro de Macorís
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 August 2016
Preceded by	José María Sosa (Dominican Liberation’s Party)
In office 16 August 1994 – 16 August 2006
Preceded by	Daniel J. Mejía Rodríguez (Dominican Liberation’s Party)
Succeeded by	Alejandro Williams (Dominican Liberation’s Party)
2004 Social Christian Reformist Party candidate for Vice President of the Dominican Republic
Preceded by	Jacinto Peynado Garrigosa (2000)
Succeeded by	José Enrique Sued (2008)
Rector of the Central University of the East
In office October 1970 – January 2014
Preceded by	José Hazim Azar
Succeeded by	José Hazim Torres
Personal details
Born	(1951-02-19) 19 February 1951 San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
Political party	Social Christian Reformist Party
Spouse	Vilma Torres Puesan
Children	José Hazim Torres (male), Kamel Hazim Torres (female)
Parent(s)	José Hazim Azar, María Luisa Frappier Mallen
Residence	San Pedro de Macorís
Profession	Physician
Ethnicity	White (Dominican Republic)

He was born to José Altagracia Hazim Azar (1913–1999), the son of Emeterio José Hazim Assy and Kamel Azar Azar —both Lebanese immigrants natives to Bazbina and Amioun, respectively—, and María Luisa 'Niní' Frappier Mallen (1913–2015), an immigrant from Bremen, Germany, sister of Captain Adolfo 'Boy' Frappier, who devised the use of the word parsley to identify Haitians in 1937, and aunt of Mary Peláez Frappier.