Raquel Peña (politician)
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Raquel Peña | |
|---|---|
 Peña in 2022 | |
| 40th Vice President of the Dominican Republic | |
| Assumed office 16 August 2020 | |
| President | Luis Abinader |
| Preceded by | Margarita Cedeño |
| Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources | |
| Acting 16 June 2022 – 7 July 2022 | |
| President | Luis Abinader |
| Preceded by | Orlando Jorge Mera |
| Succeeded by | Miguel Ceara Hatton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Raquel Peña Rodríguez 10 September 1966 Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic |
| Political party | Modern Revolutionary Party |
| Spouse | Marco José Antuña Cabral (d. 2019) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra |
Raquel Peña Rodríguez de Antuña (born 10 September 1966) is a Dominican politician and academic who has served as the 40th Vice President of the Dominican Republic under President Luis Abinader since 2020.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Peña was born in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, on 10 September 1966, to tobacco industrialist Rafael Leocadio Peña Guillén and Estela Rodríguez. She was educated primary at the Sagrado Corazón de Jesús School, and she studied secondary at the De La Salle School. She graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra.
Career
[edit]Peña started her career following her graduation, at the companies owned by her family. She became a manager at the tobacco and commercial companies.[citation needed]
Professor
[edit]In 2000, Peña became a professor of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra.[2]
Vice presidency
[edit]In 2019, Peña was chosen by Luis Abinader as vice-presidential candidate for the Modern Revolutionary Party in the 2020 elections. She won the election, along with Abinader, on 5 July 2020. Peña was sworn in on 16 August 2020.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Peña was married to engineer Marco José Antuña Cabral, the great-great-great-grandson of French-Dominican Colonel Furcy Fondeur. They have three children and a grandson by their daughter. Her husband died in 2019.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]- Leonel Fernández
- Danilo Medina
- Luis Almagro
- Adriano Espaillat
- Geovanny Vicente
- Tom Pérez
- Faride Raful
- José Ignacio Paliza
- Raquel Arbaje
References
[edit]- ^ "Raquel Peña, from the education sector to the vice presidency of the Republic in less than a year". Dominican Today. 16 August 2020. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Raquel Peña de Antuña, académica y miembro de varios órganos empresariales". Acento. 10 March 2020. Archived from the original on 6 October 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ Mena, Francisco Javier (16 August 2020). "Raquel Peña es la nueva vicepresidenta de RD; hoy se convierten en realidad otros sueños y fantasías". Proceso. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.