{"id":144501,"date":"2020-07-28T08:10:55","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T12:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=144501"},"modified":"2020-07-28T08:13:46","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T12:13:46","slug":"sonia-guzman-to-be-dr-ambassador-in-washington-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2020\/07\/28\/sonia-guzman-to-be-dr-ambassador-in-washington-d-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonia Guzm\u00e1n to be DR ambassador in Washington, D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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President-elect Luis Abinader tweeted that 73-year old Sonia Guzm\u00e1n is his choice for the next ambassador to the United States. Guzm\u00e1n is the daughter of the late President Antonio Guzm\u00e1n. She is a widow of the late Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Hern\u00e1ndez. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From early on, she worked at the Pontifical Catholic University Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) in Santiago. She was director of the library, until she was promoted to administrative vice rector, where she remained for during the 70s until joining the government of her father. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the presidency of her father (1978-1982), she served as deputy administrative secretary. During the presidency of Hip\u00f3lito Mej\u00eda (2000-2004), she was the Secretary (Minister) of Industry & Commerce, taking a leadership position in the negotiations of the Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Abinader cabinet is shaping up as follows, in order of announcement of the appointments:
Ethics and corruption Office director: Milagros Ortiz Bosch
Minister of the Presidency: Lisandro Macarrulla
Foreign Relations Minister: Roberto \u00c1lvarez Gil
Education Minister: Roberto Furcal
Spokesperson for the Presidency: Milagros Germ\u00e1n
Governor of the Central Bank: Hector Valdez Albizu
Economy & Planning Minister: Miguel Ceara Hatton
Hacienda Minister: Jochi Vicente
Superintendent of Banks: Alejandro Fern\u00e1ndez 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: Jos\u00e9 Ignacio Paliza
Defense Minister: Major General Carlos Luciano D\u00edaz Morfa
Head of the Health Cabinet: Vice President-elect Raquel Pe\u00f1a
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 Ascenci\u00f3n
Youth Minister: Kimberly Taveras Duarte
Interior & Police Minister: Jes\u00fas (Chu) V\u00e1squez
Public Administration Minister: Dario Castillo Lugo
Labor Minister: Luis Miguel de Camps
National Health Service: Dr. Mario Lama
Ambassador to the USA: Sonia Guzm\u00e1n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow the story in Spanish:
Sonia Guzman life story <\/a>
El Dia <\/a>
Luis Abinader<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

27 July 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President-elect Luis Abinader tweeted that 73-year old Sonia Guzm\u00e1n is his choice for the next ambassador to the United States. Guzm\u00e1n is the daughter of the late President Antonio Guzm\u00e1n. She is a widow of the late Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Hern\u00e1ndez. From early on, she worked at the Pontifical Catholic University Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) in … <\/p>\n

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