President Danilo Medina Succeeded by Candida Montilla Preceded by Rafael Alburquerque Citizenship Dominican | President Leonel Fernandez Name Margarita de Preceded by Rosa Gomez Role Leonel Fernandez\'s wife | |
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Full Name Margarita Maria Cedeno Lizardo Born May 1, 1965 (age 59)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ( 1965-05-01 ) Spouse Leonel Fernandez (m. 2003) Party Dominican Liberation Party Children Yolanda America Maria Fernandez Cedeno, Ramon Emil Fiorentino−Cedeno, Gabriela Angelissa Fiorentino−Cedeno Parents Luis Emilio Cedeno Matos, Margarita Lizardo de Cedeno Education University of Salamanca, Georgetown University Similar People Leonel Fernandez, Danilo Medina, Hipolito Mejia Profiles | ||
Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez on Libraries
Margarita María Cedeño Lizardo, widely known as Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, is the current Vice-President of the Dominican Republic. She is married to former President Leonel Fernández and during his tenure she was the First Lady.
Contents
- Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez on Libraries
- Early and personal life
- Political career
- 2012 Presidential Elections
- References
Early and personal life
Cedeño was born on 1 May 1965 in Santo Domingo to Luis Emilio Cedeño Matos and Margarita Lizardo. She worked with local law firms in the Dominican Republic, among which the law firm of Doctor Abel Rodríguez del Orbe and Fernández y Asociados, where she is an associate member. During the years 1996-2000, she assisted as legal counselor to the President nominated as Sub-secretary of State. Besides being ad honorem counselor and director of the Legal and Investment Environment Management of the Office for the Promotion of Foreign Investment of the Dominican Republic.
She has a Doctorate in Law from the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo and a Masters in Economic Legislation from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra. She also has participated in courses and seminars at Georgetown and Harvard University in the United States and Geneva University in Switzerland.
On 16 October 2009, Margarita Cedeño de Fernández was named Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Political career
When she was the First Lady (2004-2012), she and her staff coordinate social policies for her husband's administration, generating programs of health and education for children, young people, single mothers and the family, in general, as a key element in society.
2012 Presidential Elections
On April 10, 2011 in a meeting of the Central Committee (Comité Central) of the Dominican Liberation Party, she registered her pre-candidature for the 2012 presidential elections. She was elected Vice President to Danilo Medina on 20 May 2012. She became the second woman to serve as Vice-President after Milagros Ortiz Bosch was elected under former President Hipólito Mejía in 2000-2004.