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The First Lady of the Dominican Republic (Spanish: Primera dama de la República Dominicana) the title referring to the wife, or designee, of the president of the Dominican Republic. The official government Office of the First Lady was created by Decree 741-00 on September 10, 2000.
Politics of the Dominican Republic. Presidential elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 20 May 2012. [1] They were the fifth quadrennial elections for the presidency and vice-presidency since 1998, when a change in the electoral law separated the presidential from the congressional and municipal elections. [2]
The Chamber of Deputies ( Spanish: Cámara de Diputados) is the Lower house of the Congress which, along with the Senate, composes the legislature of the Dominican Republic . The composition and powers of the House are established by Constitution of the Dominican Republic. The Chamber is composed of deputies who are divided in 178 by province ...
The annexation of Santo Domingo was an attempted treaty during the later Reconstruction era, initiated by United States President Ulysses S. Grant in 1869, to annex the Spanish province of Santo Domingo (as the Dominican Republic was commonly known) as a United States territory, with the promise of eventual statehood.
Salvador Jorge Blanco. José Salvador Omar Jorge Blanco (July 5, 1926 – December 26, 2010) was a politician, lawyer and a writer. He was President of the Dominican Republic, from 1982 to 1986. He was a Senator running for the PRD party. He started his political career as a Committee Secretary for the Unión Cívica de Santiago in 1963 and ...
History. The Congress of the Dominican Republic was founded after the drafting of the Constitution, on 6 November 1844. In the chapter 2 of this Constitution is mentioned how the Legislature would be divided into two legislative bodies called Tribunat (corresponding to the current House of Deputies) and Conservative Council (corresponding to the current Senate).
P. Jacinto Peynado. Pedro Antonio Pimentel. Gaspar Polanco. List of presidents of the Dominican Republic.
