Carolina Mejía de Garrigó
Carolina Mejía de Garrigó (b. Santiago de los Caballeros, 28 March 1969) is a politician, economist, and businesswoman from the Dominican Republic.
Biography
Rosa Carolina Mejía Gómez[1] was born in Santiago de los Caballeros on 28 March 1969 to Hipólito Mejía, agronomist and President of the Dominican Republic from 2000 to 2004, and Rosa Gómez Arias; Carolina has 2 brothers and 1 sister.[2][3] She married to Juan Antonio Garrigó Lefeld, exective of Quantum GR, a brokerage and insurance consulting firm; they have 3 children: Juan de Jesús, Diego José, and Isabel Garrigó Mejía.[4]
In the early 2000s she was member of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic’s Board.[5] In 2016 she became the vice presidential candidate of the Modern Revolutionary Party.[4]
References
- ^ Template:Spanish name
- ^ "Quién es Carolina Mejía, la compañera de boleta de Luis Abinader" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Diario Libre. 7 March 2016. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ Villegas, Ivelisse (13 May 2012). "Hipólito y Rosa, una familia unida" (in Spanish). Santo DOmingo: Listín Diario. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ a b Espinal, Yanessi. "Abinader escoge candidata a Vice a Carolina Mejía, hija de Hipólito" (in Spanish). El Caribe. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ Rosa, Guarionex. "Margarita fue escogencia sabia para unificar al PLD" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Listín Diario. Retrieved 15 April 2016.