Cabinet of the Dominican Republic

The Cabinet of the Dominican Republic is chosen by the President of the Republic and can be removed by the president at any time. The cabinet ministers were known as Secretaries of State until 26 January 2010 with the proclamation of the new Constitution.

Current Cabinet

Luis Abinader won the Presidency in the 5 July 2020 election. From his inauguration on 16 August 2020 cabinet will be fully renewed for the first time since 2004, however some members of the 2000-2004 administration cabinet will return to a first level office.

These are the current ministers of the cabinet:

Portfolio	Office	Incumbent	Image	in Office since
Ministry of the Presidency	Minister of the Presidency	José Ignacio Paliza		16 August 2024
Ministry of Defense	Minister of Defense	Lieutenant general, E.N Carlos Antonio Fernández Onofre		16 August 2024
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Roberto Álvarez Gil		16 August 2020
Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development	Minister of Economy, Planning and Development	Pavel Isa Contreras		7 July 2022
Office of the Attorney General	Attorney General of the Republic	Yeni Berenice Reynoso		21 February 2025
Ministry of Interior and Police	Minister of Interior and Police	Faride Raful		16 August 2024
Ministry of Finance	Minister of Finance	Magín Javier Díaz Domingo		15 July 2025
Ministry of Education	Minister of Education	Luis Miguel de Camps		3 February 2025
Ministry of Public Health	Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance	Víctor Atallah Lajam		17 January 2024
Ministry of Public Works and Communications	Minister of Public Works and Communications	Eduardo Estrella		26 February 2025
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources	Minister of Environment and Natural Resources	Miguel Ceara Hatton		7 July 2022
Ministry of Industry, Commerce and MIPYMES	Minister of Industry, Commerce and MIPYMES	Víctor «Itó» Bisonó Haza		16 August 2020
Ministry of Agriculture	Minister of Agriculture	Limber Cruz López		16 August 2020
Ministry of Tourism	Minister of Tourism	David Collado Morales		16 August 2020
Ministry Administrative of the Presidency	Minister Administrative of the Presidency	Porfirio Andrés Bautista García		17 July 2024
Ministry of High Education, Science and Technology	Minister of High Education, Science and Technology	Franklin García Fermín		16 August 2020
Ministry of Labour	Minister of Labour	Eddy de Jesús Olivares Ortega		16 August 2024
Ministry of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation	Minister of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation	Kelvin Cruz		16 August 2024
Ministry of Public Administration	Minister of Public Administration	Darío Castillo Lugo		16 August 2020
Ministry of Culture	Minister of Culture	Roberto Salcedo Jr.		3 February 2025
Ministry of Women	Minister of Women	Mayra Jiménez		16 August 2020
Ministry of Youth	Minister of Youth	Carlos Valdez Matos		17 July 2024
Ministry of Energy and Mines	Minister of Energy and Mines	Joel Santos		16 August 2024
Ministry of Housing, Habitat and Buildings	Minister of Housing, Habitat and Buildings	Carlos Bonilla Sánchez		11 August 2021

See also

• Congress of the Dominican Republic

References

Presidencia de la República Dominicana (in Spanish)