If your parents have good jobs in government, there is good chance you will, too. The recent appointment of economist Juan Ariel Jiménez at 35 years old as Minister of Economy is evidence of this. Previously, Jiménez had served as vice minister of the Presidency. His brother Juan Ernesto Jiménez is a high-ranking officer at the Superintendence of Stocks. His father is a long-time government employee, who at present is the president of the Dominican Petroleum Refinery.
In the report in N Digital features other offspring of well known PLD politicians that are named to very well paid jobs in government. This is Nelson José Guillén Bello, today president of the Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (Indotel). He is the son of the mayor of San Cristóbal, Nelson Guillén.
The daughter of resigning Public Works Minister Gonzalo Castillo is vice-consul in Chicago.
The son of the Dominican ambassador in Washington, D.C. is alternate ambassador in the United Kingdom mission.
The two daughters of Insurance Superintendent Euclides Gutiérrez Féliz are Alejandra Genoveva Gutiérez, in charge of visas at the Ministry of Foreign Relations, and Adria Ninoska, deputy legal counsel at the Superintendence of Insurance.
Roberto Rodríguez Marchena is the press officer for President Medina. His daughter Liliana Rodríguez Alvarez is director of the Department of Registration and Authorizations at the Superintendence of Banks.
The Superintendent of Stocks Gabriel Castro González’s son, Gregory Javier is in charge of the supervision and controls at the Ministry of Public Works, and his daughter, Milagros Casto is counselor minister at the Dominican embassy in Portugal.
The three offspring of Ramón Núñez Ramírez, a member of the Monetary Board, are employed in government. These are Ramón Núñez Fernández, journalist at Indotel; Ana Patricia Núñez, technical coordinator at the Central Bank and Alfredo José Núñez, deputy director of the office of planning and development at the Superintendence of Banks.
The two sons of the president of the Chamber of Deputies Radhamés Camacho are government officers. Guilver Radhamés Camacho works in the control and monitoring department at Indotel and José Ernesto Camacho is in the legal department of the Ministry of Industry & Commerce.
The son in law of President Danilo Medina, Angel Eduardo Contreras Ojén, is director general in charge of risk and studies at the Superintendence of Banks.
The son of Julio César Castaños Guzmán, president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), Julio Cesar Castaños Zouain works as deputy director at the National Elections Department. Another son, Julio Simón is Dominican ambassador in Switzerland.
All the offspring of Altagracia Graciano, a judge at the JCE, work in government. These are Vanesa Mercedes Graciano who is supervisor of IDs for the board in the Italian city of Milan, Carlos Andrés, who is supervisor of human resources at the Customs Agency and Juan Manuel, who is counselor minister for the UN mission in New York.
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N Digital
5 August 2019