Juan Ariel Jiménez Núñez was appointed Minister of Economy, replacing Isidoro Santana. The appointment is in Decree 264-19 issued on 31 July 2019. Jiménez Núñez has been a career government employee in the PLD governments of former President Leonel Fernández and President Danilo Medina.
Jiménez worked at the Presidency in the role of vice minister of the Presidency. He is an economist and a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School.
Jiménez is the son of long-time leading figure in the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Felix (Felucho) Jiménez. His father is a former Minister of Tourism who is now the president of the Dominican Petroleum Refinery.
Jiménez Núñez’s predecessor, economist Isidoro Santana, had spoken up against changing the Constitution to enable a new term for President Danilo Medina and the unifying of the municipal elections with the congressional and presidential elections. Santana had openly stated that constitutional reform should not be promoted in an electoral period. Before his removal from office, Santana had announced the DR would grow 5%, coinciding with the forecast by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
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1 August 2019