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

Danilo Medina won the election in the elections on 16 May 2012. Some members of the previous cabinet were reconfirmed in their same positions.

These are the current ministers of the cabinet:

Portfolio	Office	Incumbent	Image	in Office since
Ministry of the Presidency	Minister of the Presidency	Gustavo Montalvo		16 August 2012
Ministry of Armed Forces	Minister of Armed Forces	Lieutenant general, E.N William Munoz Deglado		16 August 2014
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Andres Navarro		15 September 2014
Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development	Minister of Economy, Planning and Development	Juan Temístocles Montás		16 August 2004
Attorney General	Attorney General	Francisco Domínguez Brito		16 August 2012
Ministry of Interior and Police	Minister of Interior and Police	José Ramón Fadul		28 February 2011
Ministry of Finance	Minister of Finance	Simón Lizardo		16 August 2012
Ministry of Education	Minister of Education	Carlos Amarante Baret		28 February 2011
Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance	Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance	Altagracia Guzman Marcelino		10 October 2014
Ministry of Public Works and Communications	Minister of Public Works and Communications	Gonzalo Castillo		16 August 2012
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources	Minister of Environment and Natural Resources	Gabriel Esteban Guzman Polanco		16 August 2012
Ministry of Industry and Commerce	Minister of Industry and Commerce	José Del Castillo Saviñón		16 August 2012
Ministry of Agriculture	Minister of Agriculture	Angel Estevez		16 August 2014
Ministry of Tourism	Minister of Tourism	Francisco J. García		16 August 2008
Ministry Administrative of the Presidency	Minister Administrative of the Presidency	José Ramón Peralta		16 August 2012
Ministry of High Education, Science and Technology	Minister of High Education, Science and Technology	Ligia Amada Melo		16 August 2004
Ministry of Labour	Minister of Labour	Maritza Hernández		16 August 2012
Ministry of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation	Minister of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation	Jaime David Fernández Mirabal		16 August 2012
Ministry of Public Administration	Minister of Public Administration	Ramón Ventura Camejo		16 August 2007
Ministry of Culture	Minister of Culture	José Antonio Rodríguez		16 August 2012
Ministry of Women	Minister of Women	Oscar Antonio Mendoza, Jr.		16 August 2010
Ministry of Youth	Minister of Youth	Cristian Ivan Guzman		16 August 2011

See also

• Congress of the Dominican Republic
• Danilo Medina

References

Presidencia de la República Dominicana (Spanish)