Cabinet of the Dominican Republic

The Cabinet of the Dominican Republic is chosen by the President of the Republic and can be removed by the president at any time. The cabinet ministers were known as Secretaries of State until 26 January 2010 with the proclamation of the new Constitution.

Current Cabinet

Luis Abinader won the Presidency in the 5 July 2020 election. From his inauguration on 16 August 2020 cabinet will be fully renewed for the first time since 2004, however some members of the 2000-2004 administration cabinet will return to a first level office.

These are the current ministers of the cabinet:

Portfolio	Office	Incumbent	Image	in Office since
Ministry of the Presidency	Minister of the Presidency	Joel Santos Echavarría		22 August 2022
Ministry of Defense	Minister of Defense	Major general, E.N Carlos Díaz Morfa		16 August 2020
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Roberto Álvarez Gil		16 August 2020
Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development	Minister of Economy, Planning and Development	Pavel Isa Contreras		7 July 2022
Office of the Attorney General	Attorney General of the Republic	Miriam Germán Brito Yeni Berenice Reynoso		16 August 2020
Ministry of Interior and Police	Minister of Interior and Police	Jesús Vásquez Martínez		16 August 2020
Ministry of Finance	Minister of Finance	Jochi Vicente Dubocq		16 August 2020
Ministry of Education	Minister of Education	Ángel Hernández Castillo		3 August 2022
Ministry of Public Health	Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance	Daniel Rivera Reyes		1 March 2021
Ministry of Public Works and Communications	Minister of Public Works and Communications	Deligne Ascención Burgos		16 August 2020
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources	Minister of Environment and Natural Resources	Miguel Ceara Hatton		7 July 2022
Ministry of Industry, Commerce and MIPYMES	Minister of Industry, Commerce and MIPYMES	Víctor (Itó) Bisonó Haza		16 August 2020
Ministry of Agriculture	Minister of Agriculture	Limber Cruz López		16 August 2020
Ministry of Tourism	Minister of Tourism	David Collado Morales		16 August 2020
Ministry Administrative of the Presidency	Minister Administrative of the Presidency	José Paliza Nouel		16 August 2020
Ministry of High Education, Science and Technology	Minister of High Education, Science and Technology	Franklin García Fermín		16 August 2020
Ministry of Labour	Minister of Labour	Luis De Camps García-Mella		16 August 2020
Ministry of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation	Minister of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation	Francisco Camacho Rivas		16 August 2020
Ministry of Public Administration	Minister of Public Administration	Darío Castillo Lugo		16 August 2020
Ministry of Culture	Minister of Culture	Milagros Germán Olalla		10 October 2021
Ministry of Women	Minister of Women	Mayra Jiménez		16 August 2020
Ministry of Youth	Minister of Youth	Rafael Féliz García		15 December 2021
Ministry of Energy and Mines	Minister of Energy and Mines	Antonio Almonte Reynoso		16 August 2020
Ministry of Housing, Habitat and Buildings	Minister of Housing, Habitat and Buildings	Carlos Bonilla Sánchez		11 August 2021

See also

• Congress of the Dominican Republic
• Luis Abinader

References

Presidencia de la República Dominicana (in Spanish)