DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

President Luis Abinader confirmed 62-year old Joel Adrian Santos Echavarria in the position of Minister of the Presidency. Santos had been acting Minister of the Presidency when the incumbent Lisandro Macarrulla took a leave of absence. Macarrulla later resigned effective 16 August 2022 after a family company (Mac Construcciones) and himself were mentioned in the Medusa Case that looks into corruption in the construction of a major Santo Domingo province jail.

Decree 481-22 appoints Santos the Minister of the Presidency.

Previously, the now Minister of the Presidency had served in the Abinader administration as general manager of the Administradora de Fondos de Pensiones Reservas (AFP Reservas), the pension plan of the government bank. He had also served as honorary advisor to the Executive Branch for tourism-related matters.

Santos Echavarría is an economist by profession. He is a past...