President Danilo Medina has made changes to the top ranks of his military staff. According to Decree 300-14 issued on Monday, 18 August 2014, the new heads are:
Ministry of Defense: Lieutenant General Maximiliano William Munoz Delgado (Army) is the new Defense Minister. Former Army chief Major General Ruben Dario Paulino Sem was named deputy minister of Defense for military affairs. Former head of the Armada Vice Admiral Edwin Dominici Rosario was named deputy minister of Defense for naval and coastal matters. Air Force Major Ramon Hernandez Hernandez was named deputy minister of Defense for aviation matters. Army Major General Pedro Caceres Chestaro was appointed inspector general of the Armed Forces.
In Decree 301-14 issued on Monday, the President also appointed:
Chief of the Air Force: Major General Elvis Feliz Perez. Brigade General Juan Manuel Puig Hernandez is the new sub-commander of the Air Force. Brigade General Rafael Alegria Arias is the new inspector general of the Air Force.
Chief of the Army: Brigadier General Carlos Manuel Aguirre Reyes. Brigade General Rafael Carrasco Paulino was named deputy head of the Army. Brigade General Pedro Hurtado Cabreja is the new inspector general of the Army.
Chief of the Armada: Vice Admiral Edmundo Felix Pimentel. Rear Admiral Emilio Recio Segura was named Deputy Commander of the Armada. Rear Admiral Felix Cedeno Guerrero is the new inspector general of the Armada.
Likewise, President Medina made changes in security and transport corps under the military forces that were announced in Decree 302-14.
Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET): The new director is Air Force pilot, Brigadier General Pablo Arturo Pujols.
Electoral Military Police: Brigade General Eduardo Manin Liberato (Army)
Specialized Corps of Border Security (CESFRONT): Brigade General Carlos Manuel Aguirre Reyes (Army).
Specialized Corps of Tourist Security (CESTUR): Air Force, Brigadier General Juan Carlos Torres Robiou.
Specialized Corps of Airport Security and Civil Aviation (CESAC): General Aracenis Castillo de la Cruz (Air Force)
Specialized Corps for Metro Security (CESMET): General Boanerges Reyes Batista (Army)
San Isidro Air Force Base: General Miguel Paulino Espinal
Puerto Plata Air Force base: Air Force General Richard Vasquez Jimenez
Specialized Corps of Port Security (CESEP): Rear Admiral of the Navy, Felix Alburquerque
Vocational Schools of the Air Force and Police: Luis Payan Diaz
Specialized Corps of Fuel Controls: Huascar Dario Gonzalez Payano
By decree 303-14, the President named:
Colonel Ramon Artiles Santamaria (Air Force), as director of the Ramon de Lara Military Hospital, and Colonel Agustin Iglesias Melo (Army), as director of the Central Armed Forces Hospital.
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