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{{short_description|Vice President of the Dominican Republic}}
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| predecessor2 = [[Orlando Jorge Mera]]<ref name="LATAMnews">{{cite news |url=https://latin-american.news/vice-assumes-environment-provisionally/ |title= Vice asumes Environment provisionally |website= latin-american.news |date= 17 June 2022 |accessdate= 17 June 2022}}</ref>
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| successor2 = [[Miguel Ceara Hatton]]<ref>"Quién es Miguel Ceara Hatton, nuevo ministro de Medio Ambiente" https://eldia.com.do/quien-es-miguel-ceara-hatton-nuevo-ministro-de-medio-ambiente/</ref>
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'''Raquel Peña de Antuña''' (born '''Raquel Peña Rodríguez'''; 10 September 1966) is a Dominican politician and academic who has served as [[Vice President of the Dominican Republic]] since 2020.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Raquel Peña, from the education sector to the vice presidency of the Republic in less than a year |url=https://dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2020/08/16/raquel-pena-from-the-education-sector-to-the-vice-presidency-of-the-republic-in-less-than-a-year/ |work=Dominican Today |date=16 August 2020 |access-date=18 September 2020}}</ref>
'''Raquel Peña de Antuña''' (born '''Raquel Peña Rodríguez'''; 10 September 1966) is a Dominican politician and academic who has served as [[Vice President of the Dominican Republic]] since 2020.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Raquel Peña, from the education sector to the vice presidency of the Republic in less than a year |url=https://dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2020/08/16/raquel-pena-from-the-education-sector-to-the-vice-presidency-of-the-republic-in-less-than-a-year/ |work=Dominican Today |date=16 August 2020 |access-date=18 September 2020}}</ref>

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Raquel Peña de Antuña
40th Vice President of the Dominican Republic
Assumed office
16 August 2020
PresidentLuis Abinader
Preceded byMargarita Cedeño
Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources of the Dominican Republic
In office
16 June 2022 – 7 July 2022
Preceded byOrlando Jorge Mera[1]
Succeeded byMiguel Ceara Hatton[2]
Personal details
Born
Raquel Peña Rodríguez

(1966-09-10) 10 September 1966 (age 58)
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
NationalityDominican
Political partyModern Revolutionary Party
SpouseMarco José Antuña Cabral (d. 2019)
Children3
Alma materPontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra

Raquel Peña de Antuña (born Raquel Peña Rodríguez; 10 September 1966) is a Dominican politician and academic who has served as Vice President of the Dominican Republic since 2020.[3]

Early life and education

Peña was born in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, on 10 September 1966, to tobacco industrialist Rafael Leocadio Peña Guillén, a white Dominican, and Estela Rodríguez, a mixed-race Dominican woman.

She was educated primary at the Sagrado Corazón de Jesús School, and she studied secondary at the De La Salle School. She graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra.

Career

Peña started her career following her graduation, at the companies owned by her family. She became a manager at the tobacco and commercial companies.[citation needed]

Professor

In 2000, Peña became a professor of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra.[4]

Vice presidency

In 2019, Peña was chosen by Luis Abinader as vice-presidential candidate for the Modern Revolutionary Party in the 2020 elections. She won the election, along with Abinader, on 5 July 2020. Peña was sworn in on 16 August 2020.[5]

Personal life

Peña was married to engineer Marco José Antuña Cabral, a white Dominican, great-great-great-grandson of French-Dominican Colonel Furcy Fondeur. They have three children and a grandson by their daughter. Her husband died in 2019.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Vice asumes Environment provisionally". latin-american.news. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Quién es Miguel Ceara Hatton, nuevo ministro de Medio Ambiente" https://eldia.com.do/quien-es-miguel-ceara-hatton-nuevo-ministro-de-medio-ambiente/
  3. ^ "Raquel Peña, from the education sector to the vice presidency of the Republic in less than a year". Dominican Today. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Raquel Peña de Antuña, académica y miembro de varios órganos empresariales". Acento. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  5. ^ Mena, Francisco Javier (16 August 2020). "Raquel Peña es la nueva vicepresidenta de RD; hoy se convierten en realidad otros sueños y fantasías". Proceso. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
Political offices
Preceded by Vice President of the Dominican Republic
2020–present
Incumbent