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* Ramón Emil Fiorentino |
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Margarita Cedeño de Fernández | |
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39th Vice President of the Dominican Republic | |
Assumed office 16 August 2012 | |
President | Danilo Medina |
Preceded by | Rafael Alburquerque |
First Lady of the Dominican Republic | |
In role 16 August 2004 – 16 August 2012 | |
President | Leonel Fernández |
Preceded by | Rosa Gómez |
Succeeded by | Cándida Montilla |
Personal details | |
Born | Margarita María Cedeño Lizardo May 1, 1965 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
Citizenship | Dominican |
Political party | Dominican Liberation Party |
Spouse | [1] |
Children |
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Alma mater | Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (Ph.D.) Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (M.A.) University of Salamanca (M.A.) |
Occupation | Philanthropist, Politician |
Profession | Lawyer |
Website | Twitter : @margaritacdf |
Margarita María Cedeño Lizardo,[note 1] widely known as Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, is the current Vice-President of the Dominican Republic. She is married to former President Leonel Fernández and during his tenure she was the First Lady.
Early and personal life
Cedeño was born on 1 May 1965 in Santo Domingo[2] to Luis Emilio Cedeño Matos and Margarita Lizardo.[1] She worked with local law firms in the Dominican Republic, among which the law firm of Doctor Abel Rodríguez del Orbe and Fernández y Asociados, where she is an associate member.[2] During the years 1996-2000, she assisted as legal counselor to the President nominated as Sub-secretary of State.[3] Besides being ad honorem counselor and director of the Legal and Investment Environment Management of the Office for the Promotion of Foreign Investment of the Dominican Republic.
She has a Doctorate in Law from the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo and a Masters in Economic Legislation from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra. She also has participated in courses and seminars at Georgetown and Harvard University in the United States and Geneva University in Switzerland.[2]
On 16 October 2009, Margarita Cedeño de Fernández was named Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).[4]
Political career
When she was the First Lady (2004-2012), she and her staff coordinate social policies for her husband's administration, generating programs of health and education for children, young people, single mothers and the family, in general, as a key element in society.
2012 Presidential Elections
On April 10, 2011 in a meeting of the Central Committee (Comité Central) of the Dominican Liberation Party, she registered her pre-candidature for the 2012 presidential elections.[5] She was elected Vice President to Danilo Medina on 20 May 2012. She became the second woman to serve as Vice-President after Milagros Ortiz Bosch was elected under former President Hipólito Mejía in 2000-2004.
Notes
References
- ^ a b "Margarita Cedeño Lizardo". Vicepresidencia de la República Dominicana (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
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- ^ "Excma. Margarita Cedeño de Fernández - Embajadora Extraordinaria de la FAO". FAO. Archived from the original on 2010-11-15. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
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