{"id":144825,"date":"2020-08-04T07:59:18","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T11:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=144825"},"modified":"2020-08-04T08:19:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T12:19:32","slug":"limber-cruz-named-to-be-new-agriculture-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2020\/08\/04\/limber-cruz-named-to-be-new-agriculture-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Limber Cruz named to be new Agriculture Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Limber-Cruz-Listin-Diario-e1596541991737.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-144855\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>President-elect Luis Abinader tweeted on Monday, 3 August 2020 that he is choosing economist Limber Cruz for Minister of Agriculture starting 16 August 2020. Limber is a graduate in economy from the Pontifical Catholic University Madre y Maestra with post-graduate studies in international management in a Mexican university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In government, he has experience working in the Economic Studies Department of the Central Bank and the Center for Promotion of Exports (Cedopex). He is one of the founders of Grupo M, the large free zone manufacturing conglomerate. He is highly regarded for his excellent organizational ability. He is recognized for his contributions to the development of the Codevi, the Grupo M binational project located on the border between Dajab\u00f3n and Ouanaminthe in Haiti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of his naming, he was dedicated to the plantain and yuca farms in La Vega. His family plantations are considered the largest in the central region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Abinader cabinet is shaping up as follows, in order of announcement of the appointments:<br>Ethics and Corruption Office director: Milagros Ortiz Bosch<br>Minister of the Presidency: Lisandro Macarrulla<br>Foreign Relations Minister: Roberto \u00c1lvarez Gil<br>Education Minister: Roberto Furcal<br>Spokesperson for the Presidency: Milagros Germ\u00e1n<br>Governor of the Central Bank: Hector Valdez Albizu<br>Economy &amp; Planning Minister: Miguel Ceara Hatton<br>Hacienda Minister: Jochi Vicente<br>Superintendent of Banks: Alejandro Fern\u00e1ndez Whipple<br>National Budget director: Jose Rijo Presbot<br>CEI-RD director: Biviana Riveiro<br>Economic advisor to the President: Pedro Silverio<br>Legal Advisor to the President: Antoliano Peralta<br>Energy &amp; Mines Minister: Antonio Almonte Reynoso<br>Administrative Minister of the Presidency: Jos\u00e9 Ignacio Paliza<br>Defense Minister: Major General Carlos Luciano D\u00edaz Morfa<br>Head of the Health Cabinet: Vice President-elect Raquel Pe\u00f1a<br>Public Health Minister: Plutarco Arias<br>Deputy Minister for Collective Health: Ivelisse Acosta<br>Executive director Public Procurement Agency: Carlos Pimentel<br>Tourism Minister: David Collado<br>Tourism Advisor to the President: Joel Santos<br>Public Works Minister Deligne Ascenci\u00f3n<br>Youth Minister: Kimberly Taveras Duarte<br>Interior &amp; Police Minister: Jes\u00fas (Chu) V\u00e1squez<br>Public Administration Minister: Dario Castillo Lugo<br>Labor Minister: Luis Miguel de Camps<br>National Health Service: Dr. Mario Lama<br>Ambassador to the USA: Sonia Guzm\u00e1n<br>Women Minister: Mayra Jim\u00e9nez<br>Industry &amp; Commerce Minister: Victor (Ito) Bison\u00f3<br>Sports Minister: Francisco Camacho<br>Agriculture Minister: Limber Cruz<br>Social Plan of the Presidency director: Yadhira Henr\u00edquez<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/2020\/08\/03\/629161\/quien-es-limber-cruz-el-proximo-ministro-de-agricultura\">Listin Diario <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3 August 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President-elect Luis Abinader tweeted on Monday, 3 August 2020 that he is choosing economist Limber Cruz for Minister of Agriculture starting 16 August 2020. Limber is a graduate in economy from the Pontifical Catholic University Madre y Maestra with post-graduate studies in international management in a Mexican university. In government, he has experience working in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2020\/08\/04\/limber-cruz-named-to-be-new-agriculture-minister\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[271,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144825"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144825"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144864,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144825\/revisions\/144864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}