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05-16-2008, 04:10 PM
Partido de la Liberacion Dominicana (PLD): President Leonel Fernandez, a lawyer, was elected in 2004 with 57% of the vote, the highest percentage vote count in the past 12 elections, since 1962. The runner up, the PRD, received 33.65% and the PRSC received 8.65%. The first time he ran for office was when he was picked by the late PLD founder, Juan Bosch to be his candidate for vice president. In 1996 he won in a second round, with the support of Joaquin Balaguer of the PRSC, versus the PRD. In 2000 he lost to Hipolito Mejia of the PRD, only to return to power in 2004 on the tail of the worst banking and economic crisis to affect the DR.
Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD): Businessman and engineer, 56-year old Miguel Vargas Maldonado was Minister of Public Works during the 2000-2004 Hipolito Mejia presidency. Prior to that he served as director of the Santo Domingo Drinking Water Corporation (CAASD) during the Salvador Jorge Blanco administration. He previously aspired to be the PRD candidate for mayor of Santo Domingo in the 1998 election.
Partido Reformista Social Cristiano (PRSC): Amable Aristy Castro is a former senator for La Altagracia province, who was elected senator on two further occasions and turned down the post to accept what he has deemed the more lucrative post of president of the Dominican Municipal League that used to manage all the country's municipal funds. He has been in that post for three terms. At the age of 59 he received a law degree from the Universidad de la Tercera Edad.
Partido Revolucionario Social Democrata (PRSD): 54-year old Eduardo Estrella is a civil engineer who seeks the presidency for the second time. In 2004 he ran for the PRSC and obtained 8.14% of the vote, or 312,493 votes. He resigned from the party after accusing Aristy Castro of widespread fraud in the party primary in 2007. He was senator for Santiago (1994-1998), Minister of Public Works (1991-1994) and director of the National Institute of Drinking Water & Sewage (INAPA).
Partido Alianza Popular (PAP): 57-year old Pedro de Jesus Candelier Tejada is a former military officer. He made headlines for the hard line and policy of authorizing the murder of criminals he was known for when he was chief of the Police. He has worked under both the PLD and PRD governments.
Movimiento Independencia, Unidad y Cambio (MIUCA): Guillermo Moreno made a name for himself as District Attorney in 1996 and 1997. He was removed from the post when he was investigating the case of fraud to the tune of over RD$90 million in the National Lottery. He has served as dean of the school of law at UNIBE university.
Partido Revolucionario Independiente (PRI): 46-year old lawyer Trajano Santana is the presidential candidate for this minority party. The party obtained 0.11% of the vote in the 2004 election.
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Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD): Businessman and engineer, 56-year old Miguel Vargas Maldonado was Minister of Public Works during the 2000-2004 Hipolito Mejia presidency. Prior to that he served as director of the Santo Domingo Drinking Water Corporation (CAASD) during the Salvador Jorge Blanco administration. He previously aspired to be the PRD candidate for mayor of Santo Domingo in the 1998 election.
Partido Reformista Social Cristiano (PRSC): Amable Aristy Castro is a former senator for La Altagracia province, who was elected senator on two further occasions and turned down the post to accept what he has deemed the more lucrative post of president of the Dominican Municipal League that used to manage all the country's municipal funds. He has been in that post for three terms. At the age of 59 he received a law degree from the Universidad de la Tercera Edad.
Partido Revolucionario Social Democrata (PRSD): 54-year old Eduardo Estrella is a civil engineer who seeks the presidency for the second time. In 2004 he ran for the PRSC and obtained 8.14% of the vote, or 312,493 votes. He resigned from the party after accusing Aristy Castro of widespread fraud in the party primary in 2007. He was senator for Santiago (1994-1998), Minister of Public Works (1991-1994) and director of the National Institute of Drinking Water & Sewage (INAPA).
Partido Alianza Popular (PAP): 57-year old Pedro de Jesus Candelier Tejada is a former military officer. He made headlines for the hard line and policy of authorizing the murder of criminals he was known for when he was chief of the Police. He has worked under both the PLD and PRD governments.
Movimiento Independencia, Unidad y Cambio (MIUCA): Guillermo Moreno made a name for himself as District Attorney in 1996 and 1997. He was removed from the post when he was investigating the case of fraud to the tune of over RD$90 million in the National Lottery. He has served as dean of the school of law at UNIBE university.
Partido Revolucionario Independiente (PRI): 46-year old lawyer Trajano Santana is the presidential candidate for this minority party. The party obtained 0.11% of the vote in the 2004 election.
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