José Rafael Abinader

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Abinader and the second or maternal family name is Wasaf.
José Rafael Abinader
Senator for Santiago Province
In office
16 August 1998 – 16 August 2002
Preceded by Eduardo Estrella
Succeeded by Víctor Méndez
Personal details
Born (1929-03-02) 2 March 1929
Tamboril, Dominican Republic
Political party Dominican Revolutionary Party (1961–2014)
Spouse(s) Rosa Sula Corona Caba (div.)
Children José Rafael, Luis Rodolfo, Rita Sulina
Parents José S. Abinader, Esther Wasaf

José Rafael Abinader Wasaf (born 2 March 1929) is a politician, lawyer and writer from the Dominican Republic. Former Vice-President of the Dominican Revolutionary Party.[1] He founded the Universidad Dominicana O&M university, in which he was rector.[1]

Abinader is the son of José S. Abinader, a Lebanese immigrant from Baskinta that arrived to the country in 1898, and Esther Wasaf, born in Monte Cristi to Lebanese parents. When he was 11 years old, his family moved from the town of Tamboril to the hamlet of Gurabito (located on the outskirts of Santiago de los Caballeros).[2] He studied Law, and got a doctorate.[1] He married Rosa S. Corona Caba, and procreated 3 children, among them, the businessman and politician Luis Abinader.[3] Abinader has been member of the National Executive Committee (Spanish: Comité Ejecutivo Nacional) of the Dominican Revolutionary Party since 1963.[1][4]

He founded the Dominican Social Alliance party (now the Modern Revolutionary Party); in 1998 he was elected Senator for the Santiago Province in an alliance with the Dominican Revolutionary Party.[5]

Works

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "José Rafael Abinader" (in Spanish). Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Irrizarri, Evelyn (26 September 2013). "José Rafael Abinader: "Me arrepiento del tiempo que le dediqué a la política"" (in Spanish). El Caribe. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Núñez Núñez, Milcíades H. "Descendientes de Raymundo Núñez" (in Spanish). Genealogy.com. Séptima generación. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "PRD publica listado oficial de miembros del CEN" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Listín Diario. 30 July 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  5. ↑ http://html.rincondelvago.com/elecciones-del-pueblo_boleta-electoral.html
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