Rafael Alburquerque

This article is about the Dominican politician. For the comic book illustrator, see Rafael Albuquerque.

His Excellency Rafael Alburquerque
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Vice President of the Dominican Republic
In office 16 August 2004 – 16 August 2012
President	Leonel Fernández
Preceded by	Milagros Ortiz Bosch
Succeeded by	Margarita Cedeño de Fernández
Secretary of Labor
In office 16 August 1996 – 16 August 2000
President	Leonel Fernández
Preceded by	Dr. Juan Arístides Taveras Guzmán
Succeeded by	Milton Ray Guevara
In office 04 March 1991 – 05 May 1996
President	Joaquín Balaguer
Preceded by	Dr. Washington De Peña
Succeeded by	Dr. Juan Arístides Taveras Guzmán
Personal details
Born	(1940-06-14) 14 June 1940 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Political party	Dominican Liberation Party
Spouse	Martha Montes de Oca
Alma mater	Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo

Rafael Francisco Alburquerque de Castro (born June 14, 1940) is a Dominican politician who has been Vice President of the Dominican Republic since August 2004, serving under President Leonel Fernández. Along with Fernández, he was re-elected in May 2008 for a four-year term.

Early life and career

Alburquerque was born in Santo Domingo on 14 June 1940, the eldest son of the Lic. Rafael Alburquerque Zayas-Bazán. He serves as Coordinator of the Social security System and the Social Cabinet of the Dominican government. He was picked up by the President Fernandez Reyna as his ballot companion for his second consecutive presidential term, by the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD).

Doctor Alburquerque was Secretary of Labour since 1991 to 2000 and president of the Delegation of the Dominican State to the Conferences of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000; President of the Commission of Technical Cooperation in the Conference of the ILO in 1999; Special Representative of the General Director of the ILO for the collaboration with Colombia from September 2000 to June 2001 and Member of the Commission of Experts of the ILO since November 2001. He's a lawyer, with a PhD in Labour Law.

Books

He is the author of several books:

• Legislación del Trabajo (1985)
• Los Conflictos del Trabajo y su solución en la República Dominicana (1987)
• Estudios del derecho del Trabajo (1992), with prologue by Rafael Caldera, twice president of Venezuela
• Derecho Administrativo Laboral y Administrativo del Trabajo (1993)
• Derecho del Trabajo (Volume I - 1995 y 2003; Volume II - 1997; Volume III - 1999)
• Guía de los derechos de los trabajadores (1995, with eight editions)
• Los conflictos de las leyes del trabajo en el espacio (1998)
• La subordinación jurídica en la era digital (2002).

References

• Gabinete de Coordinación de las Políticas Sociales de la República Dominicano (Spanish)