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Events in the year 2022 in the Dominican Republic .
Ongoing: COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic
José Salvador Omar Jorge Blanco was a politician, lawyer and a writer. He was President of the Dominican Republic, from 1982 to 1986. He was a Senator running for the PRD party. He started his political career as a Committee Secretary for the Unión Cívica de Santiago in 1963 and joined the PRD in 1964.
Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly Fondeur was a lawyer, scholar, diplomat, and, from 1962 until 1963, the President of the Dominican Republic. Before he became president, he was vice president of the country from 1960 to 1962.
Alberto Lois, was a Major League Baseball player. Lois played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1978 and 1979. He was used primarily as a pinch runner, but was also an outfielder.
Yvonne Chahín Sasso is a businesswoman from the Dominican Republic. She was elected by the Congress of the Dominican Republic as Senator for the Province of El Seibo, after the death on July 2010 of Senator-elect Manuel Ramón Antonio 'Lincoln' Jacobo Reyes.
Ramón Báez Romano was a Dominican businessman, politician, and golfer. Coming from one of the most influential families in the Dominican Republic, he was Minister of Industry and Trade during the administration of President Antonio Guzmán. He was CEO of Rosario Dominicana, Baninter, and Listín Diario, among others.
MonsignorAgripino Núñez Collado was a Roman Catholic clergyman and scholar from the Dominican Republic.
Sara María Ivonne Haza del Castillo was an operatic soprano from the Dominican Republic. In a career of more than 50 years, she appeared at the National Theatre, and also in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Cuba. She also worked as a voice teacher, director of the National Opera, and speech therapist. She received honours from her home country and Italy, and an honorary doctorate from the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo
Carlos Enrique Rubio y Martínez de Ubago is a Dominican penalist lawyer, former intelligence agent, YouTuber, instagrammer, and columnist, who is exiled in the United States. He is most known for suing the Brazilian company Odebrecht in his country, Dominican Republic, for paying bribes to senior officials.
The 2020 protests in the Dominican Republic, also known as the youth movement, comprise a series of massive congregations, both in the Dominican Republic and internationally, which took place from Sunday, February 16 to Thursday, March 12. of 2020, as a result of the Central Electoral Board suspending municipal elections for the first time in the entire history of national democracy. This decision was due to "errors" presented by electronic voting in the polling stations of 18 municipalities of the country, during the elections, in which around 62% of the votes were concentrated, despite the fact that manual votes, which were also applied in those demarcations, were being carried out without problems.
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached the Dominican Republic on 1 March 2020.
The Economic and Social Council of the Dominican Republic is an advisory entity permanently ascribed to the Executive Branch of the Government of the Dominican Republic. It is responsible for advising the government on economic, social, and labor matters with a goal to construct and strengthen social peace.
Events in the year 2021 in the Dominican Republic.
Rosa Altagracia Eulogia Gómez Arias was a Dominican socialite who was the First Lady of the Dominican Republic from 2000 until 2004 and the wife of President Hipólito Mejía.
Asela Altagracia Mera Checo de Jorge was a Dominican politician, women's rights activist, and member of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD). She served as the First Lady of the Dominican Republic from 1982 to 1986 during the presidency of her husband, Salvador Jorge Blanco. Asela Mera was known for her focus on social issues, women's rights, and prison reform during her tenure as first lady.
Aída Mercedes Batlle Morell de Bonnelly was a Dominican public figure and wife of former President Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly. She served as the First Lady of the Dominican Republic from January 18, 1962, to February 27, 1963. Battle was the great-granddaughter of Ulises Francisco Espaillat, another former Dominican president.
Brigadier General Manuel Nemesio Rodríguez Objío was a poet, newspaper founder, historian, army general, politician, martyr, and National Hero of the Dominican Republic.
Entre Mar y Palmera Tour is the title of the world tour of Dominican superstar Juan Luis Guerra and 4:40 to promote his live album of the same title, his EP Prive and to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of his blockbuster album Bachata Rosa. The tour kicked off February 12, 2022, in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic and is expected to end on July 8, 2023, in Santa Cruz de la Palma, Spain. The Tour consisted of two legs – the first one in Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and United States and the second in Spain.
La Travesia World Tour is the world tour by the Dominican superstar Juan Luis Guerra Tour promote his 10th studio album La Llave de Mi Corazon. It was his longest tour at the time and consisted in six legs, 54 shows and visited United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia, where his made his debut in Japan. Also, it was his biggest international tour in more than a decade, marking his first time in many years that he performed in countries such as Ecuador, Paraguay and Costa Rica. since the Bachata Rosa World Tour. The tour kick off on July 12, 2008, and ended on December 5, 2009, in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Orlando Jorge Mera was a Dominican Republic politician, television host and producer, environmental manager, and lawyer, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources from 16 August 2020 until his assassination on 6 June 2022. He previously served as Director-General of the Dominican Institute of Telecommunications. He was a member of the Modern Revolutionary Party.
Soraya Aracena is a anthropologist and curator from the Dominican Republic, who specialises in the religious and cultural practices of black Caribbean communities. In additional to her research she has also founded cultural festivals and an ethnographic video archive.