Margarita Cedeño de Fernández
| Margarita Cedeño de Fernández | |
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| Vice President of the Dominican Republic | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 16 August 2012 |
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| President | Danilo Medina |
| Preceded by | Rafael Alburquerque |
| First Lady of the Dominican Republic | |
| In office 16 August 2004 – 16 August 2012 |
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| President | Leonel Fernández |
| Preceded by | Rosa Gómez |
| Succeeded by | Cándida Montilla |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Margarita María Cedeño Lizardo May 1, 1965 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| Citizenship | Dominican |
| Political party | Dominican Liberation Party |
| Spouse(s) | Leonel Fernández |
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| Alma mater | Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (Ph.D.) Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (M.A.) University of Salamanca (M.A.) Harvard University Georgetown University University of Geneva |
| Occupation | Philanthropist, Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Website | Twitter : @margaritacdf
Office of the First Lady (Spanish) : [1] |
Margarita Cedeño de Fernández is the current Vice-President and former First Lady of the Dominican Republic. She is the wife of former President Leonel Fernández. When she was the First Lady, 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.
She has experience in the private sector where she was part of prestigious 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.[1] During the years 1996-2000, she assisted as legal counselor to the President nominated as Sub-secretary of State.[2] 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.[1]
On 16 October 2009, Margarita Cedeño de Fernández was named Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).[3]
2012 Presidential Elections
On April 10, 2011 in a meeting of the Central Committee (Comité Central) of the Dominican Liberation Party, her pre-candidature for the 2012 presidential elections has been registered.[4] She was elected Vice President alongside the next President, Danilo Medina on 20 May 2012. She will be the second woman to serve as Vice-President, after Milagros Ortiz Bosch was elected with former President, Hipolito Mejia in 2000-2004.
References [edit]
- ^ a b "Biografia". PUCMM. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
- ^ "Margarita Cedeño, la popular primera dama que se convirtió en vicepresidenta". El Comercio (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic). EFE. 2012-08-15. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
- ^ "Excma. Margarita Cedeño de Fernández - Embajadora Extraordinaria de la FAO". FAO. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
- ^ "PLD aprueba 7 aspirantes para escoger su candidato el 26 de junio". El Nuevo Diario. 2011-04-10. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
External links [edit]
- FAO Goodwill Ambassador website
- (Spanish) Official website
- (French) French biography
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