Ethnicity White Dominican Role Politician Spouse(s) Raquel Arbaje Soni Parents Jose Rafael Abinader | Website Luis Abinader Alma mater Universidad Intec Name Luis Abinader | |
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Born 12 July 1967 (age 56) ( 1967-07-12 ) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Occupation politician, economist, businessman Known for candidacy for President of the Dominican Republic Children Esther Patricia, Graciela Lucia, Adriana Margarita Political party Modern Revolutionary Party, Dominican Revolutionary Party Similar People Hipolito Mejia, Danilo Medina, Miguel Vargas, Leonel Fernandez, Jose Rafael Abinader Profiles | ||
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Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona (born 12 July 1967) is a politician, economist, and businessman from the Dominican Republic.
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- Entrevista luis abinader con alicia ortega
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- Early life
- Business and political career
- References
He was the presidential candidate of the Dominican Humanist Party and the Modern Revolutionary Party for the past general elections on 15 May 2016.
Previously, he was vice presidential candidate of the Dominican Revolutionary Party in the previous election in May 2012 by the Dominican Revolutionary Party and in 2005 was pre candidate for senator from the province of Santo Domingo.
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Early life
Abinader was born 12 July 1967, to José Rafael Abinader Wassaf, politician and entrepreneur of Lebanese origin, and Rosa Sula Corona Caba, of Canarian colonial stock. He married to Raquel Arbaje Soni —the daughter of businesspersons Elías Arbaje Farah and Margarita Soni, both of Lebanese descent— and had 3 daughters: Esther Patricia, Graciela Lucía, and Adriana Margarita Abinader Arbaje.
Abinader did his secondary education at the Colegio Loyola (Spanish: Loyola High School), now Instituto Politécnico Loyola; He graduated in economics from the Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (Spanish: Santo Domingo Institute of Technology). He did postgraduate studies in Project Management at the Arthur D. Little Institute of Cambridge, Massachusetts. He also studied Corporate Finance and Financial Engineering at Harvard University and Advanced Management at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.
Business and political career
He was elected vice president of the Dominican Revolutionary Party in its 2005 National Convention.
He is currently Executive Chairman of ABICOR Group, which has developed and operated major tourism projects in the country. This family group led the business plan of what is today the company Cementos Santo Domingo, of which he is Vice President.
He has been president of the Association of Hotels of Sosúa and Cabarete and is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Hotels and Restaurants (ASONAHORES).
He is member of the Board of Directors of the O&M University’s Foundation.
He was recognized by the Rhode Island General Assembly for his career in the public, education and business. He also received acknowledgments from the City Hall of Boston and the Massachusetts Senate for his contributions to higher education, civic engagement and community service.
Abinader is a former candidate for Vice President of the Dominican Republic by the Dominican Revolutionary Party, in the presidential elections of 2012.