On Monday 13 February 2017, President Danilo Medina created the National Commission for the Bicentennial Commemoration of the Birth of Francisco del Rosario Sánchez. Sánchez, who was born on 9 March 2017, is regarded as one of the three founding fathers of the Dominican Republic, along with Juan Pablo Duarte, and Matías Ramón Mella.
The commission is chaired by the president of the Permanent Commission of National Anniversaries, Juan Daniel Balcácer. Other members are Administrative Minister of the Presidency, José Ramón Peralta; Defense Minister, Ruben Paulino Then, Education Minister, Andres Navarro and Culture Minister, Pedro Verges.
The commission also includes the director of the National Archives, Roberto Cassa; the president of the Dominican Academy of History, Mu-Kien Adriana Sang Ben; the president of the Duarte Institute José Joaquín Pérez Saviñón; the rector of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, Iván Grullón, along with a representative for private universities and the governor of San Juan de la Maguana.
The commission will prepare, coordinate, and organize a series of events and festivities to commemorate the bi-centennial of the birth of the founding father.
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Listin Diario
14 February 2017
