Leonel Fernández

About Leonel Fernández

This Dominican Revolutionary Party member-turned-Liberation Party leader spent two terms as President of the Dominican Republic in the early twenty-first century.

Leonel Antonio Fernández Reyna is a Dominican lawyer, scholar, and the 50th and 52nd President of the Dominican Republic from 1996 to 2000 and from 2004 to 2012. As of January 2016, he is the Owner Citizenship of the Organization EU-LAC. Fernández became the first elected president of the Dominican Republic under his own party, the Dominican Liberation Party, although the party's founder, Juan Bosch, was also sworn in as president in 1963 following a democratic election. The first has been held since about four decades in the country. . Fernández's administration focuses heavily on infrastructure and technology development as well as macroeconomic and monetary stability. He is from Villa Juana, Distrito Nacional and lived most of his childhood and childhood in New York City. Leonel Fernández is President of the World Federation of United Nations Associations and a member of the Inter-American Dialogue.

Vice President	Rafael Alburquerque
Political party	People's Force (since 2019)
Preceded by	Hipólito Mejía
Succeeded by	Danilo Medina
Alma mater	Autonomous University of Santo Domingo
Born	Leonel Antonio Fernández Reyna, December 26, 1953, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Spouse(s)	Rocío Domínguez (m. 1987–d. 1996), Margarita Cedeño (m. 2003–present)
Other political affiliations	Dominican Liberation Party (1990–2019)

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Trivia

The end of his first term as President and the beginning of his second were separated by a period of four years; he was re-elected in 2004 as a result of the economic crisis precipitated by the policies of President Hipólito Mejía.

Leonel Fernández before fame

He attended Washington Heights High School in New York City before returning to the Dominican Republic to study law at the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo.

Achievement of Leonel Fernández

The conclusion of his first term and the start of his second were separated by four years; he was re-elected in 2004 as a result of the economic crisis induced by President Hipólito Mejia's policies.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Leonel Fernández family life

His daughter Yolanda América Mara Fernández was born to him and fellow politician (and future Dominican Republic Vice President) Margarita Cedeo de Fernández.

Associations of Leonel Fernández

Danilo Medina, a fellow Liberation Party leader, succeeded Fernández as President of the Dominican Republic in 2012.

Leonel Fernández Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

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