Leonel Fernández

Politician

1953 –

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Who is Leonel Fernández?

Leonel Antonio Fernández Reyna is a Dominican lawyer, academic, and was President of the Dominican Republic from 1996 to 2000 and from 2004 to 2012.

Fernández became the first elected president of the Dominican Republic under his political party, the Dominican Liberation Party, although party founder Juan Bosch was also sworn in as president in 1963 after the first democratic elections held in roughly four decades in the country. Fernández's administrations have focused much on technological and infrastructural development and macroeconomic and monetary stability.

He is a native of Villa Juana, Distrito Nacional and lived for much of his childhood and early adulthood in New York City.

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Born
Dec 26, 1953
Santo Domingo
Also known as
  • Leonel Fernandez
  • Leonel Antonio Fernández Reyna
Parents
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Catholicism
Nationality
  • Dominican Republic
Profession
Education
  • Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo
Lived in
  • Dominican Republic

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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