President Hipólito Mejía promoted Colonel Antonia Liriano Paulino, a dentist, to the rank of General. In the same decree, the President only promoted one other police officer to general, Ramon Augusto Rafael Navarro. On the same day, the statesman gave raises to another 6,597 police men and women. Liriano joined the police force in 1982. A year later she graduated from dental school. Her promotion comes at a time when a project that would convert the police from a military institution to a community-oriented institution is about to be implemented. At the time of her promotion, today General Liriano was liaison of the police with the Ministry of Women. There she worked in the department of defense of women’s rights. She thanked the President for the promotion, and said that it came as a surprise. She said the promotion opens the door to other Dominican women.
