The cabinet of President Luis Abinader and Vice President Raquel Peña is almost complete. Of the ministries, only the next minister at the Ministry of Higher Education is missing. Abinader has also not named his choice for Attorney General. The Abinader administration begins Sunday, 16 August 2020 for a four-year term.
Below is the list of advance appointments, listed in order of the tweet from Abinader making the announcement:
Ethics and Corruption Office director: Milagros Ortiz Bosch
Minister of the Presidency: Lisandro Macarrulla
Foreign Relations Minister: Roberto Álvarez Gil
Education Minister: Roberto Furcal
Spokesperson for the Presidency: Milagros Germán
Governor of the Central Bank: Hector Valdez Albizu
Economy & Planning Minister: Miguel Ceara Hatton
Hacienda Minister: Jochi Vicente
Superintendent of Banks: Alejandro Fernández Whipple
National Budget director: Jose Rijo Presbot
CEI-RD director: Biviana Riveiro
Economic advisor to the President: Pedro Silverio
Legal Advisor to the President: Antoliano Peralta
Energy & Mines Minister: Antonio Almonte Reynoso
Administrative Minister of the Presidency: José Ignacio Paliza
Defense Minister: Major General Carlos Luciano Díaz Morfa
Head of the Health Cabinet: Vice President-elect Raquel Peña
Public Health Minister: Plutarco Arias
Deputy Minister for Collective Health: Ivelisse Acosta
Executive director Public Procurement Agency: Carlos Pimentel
Tourism Minister: David Collado
Tourism Advisor to the President: Joel Santos
Public Works Minister Deligne Ascención
Youth Minister: Kimberly Taveras Duarte
Interior & Police Minister: Jesús (Chu) Vásquez
Public Administration Minister: Dario Castillo Lugo
Labor Minister: Luis Miguel de Camps
National Health Service: Dr. Mario Lama
Ambassador to the USA: Sonia Guzmán
Women Minister: Mayra Jiménez
Industry & Commerce Minister: Victor (Ito) Bisonó
Sports Minister: Francisco Camacho
Agriculture Minister: Limber Cruz
Social Plan of the Presidency director: Yadhira Henríquez
Coordinator of the Presidential Social Policies Cabinet (GCPS): Ramón Antonio (Tony) Peña Guaba
Progressing with Solidarity (PRO-SOLI): Gloria Reyes
Culture Minister: Carmen Heredia
Cultural Advisor to the President: Amaury Sánchez, Coordinator of the National System of Youth and Children Orchestras
Environment Minister: Orlando Jorge Mera
Deputy Minister of Protected Areas and Biodiversity at the Ministry of Environment: Federico Franco Taveras
Deputy Minister for International Cooperation at the Ministry of Environment: Milagros de Camps
Customs Agency (DGA) director: Eduardo (Yayo) Sanz Lovatón
Tax Agency (DGII): Luis Valdez
Luis Soto, National Investigations Agency (DNI)
Sigmund Freund Mena — National Public-Private Alliances Agency (APP)
10 August 2020