He president Luis Yesterday, Abinader issued one of the most anticipated decrees, that of the Perremeísta leader and lawyer Guido Gomez Mazarawho is the new head of the Board of Directors of the Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (Indotel), replacing Nelson Arroyo.
Gomez Mazara returns to the Government after 20 years outside of public administration and after a distancing from the president Luis Abinader, whom he publicly opposed while he was in the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) and, after joining the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) in 2020, was an active critic of the government and his party.
In 2022 He unsuccessfully sought the presidency of the party and in 2023 He presented himself as a candidate in the PRM primaries with the intention of being Abinader’s opponent for the presidential nomination.
This designation in Indotel, rumored for days, represents a reconciliation between this leader and the president.
The appointment of the former consultant Legal of the Executive Branch (2000-2004) is contained in the decree 455-24, in which the president appointed new officials in other government entities.
Other designations
The leader Josefa Castlewho served as Superintendent of Insurance, was appointed as the new director of the National Institute for Comprehensive Care of Early Childhood (Inaipi), replacing Besaida Santana de Báez.
Likewise, the lawyer Priam Rafael Ramirez Ubiera, until yesterday a member of the Board of Directors of Indotel, was appointed executive director of the Board of Directors of the Public-Private Trust for the Integrated Management of Solid Waste.
Political allies, former congressmen and former councillors
The senator of Peravia for the period 2020-2024, Miltiades Franjul Pimentel was appointed liaison between the evangelical churches before the Executive Branch and coordinator of the Family Cabinet, these positions were held jointly by the current mayor of Santo Domingo Este, Dío Astacio.
Meanwhile, the former mayor of Barahona and president of the PRM in that province, Noel Octavio Suberví Nin, better known as Tavito Suberví, was appointed executive director of the Institute for the Development of the Southwest (Indesur), replacing Frank Alejandro Herasme Soto, who was appointed executive director of the Technical Unit for the Execution of Agroforestry Development Projects of the Presidency of the Republic (Utepda).
Abinader also changed the head of the General Directorate of Beautification of Roads and Ring Roads of the Country (Digecac) and appointed Rodolfo Valera Grullón, who was mayor of the municipal district of San Luis.
The Balaguerist and former director of the Dominican Postal Institute (Inposdom) Modest Guzmán during the government of Danilo Medina (2012-2020), Carlos Modest Guzman Valerio was appointed director general of the General Directorate of Community Development, replacing the president ad vitam of the Dominican Humanist Party, Eléxido Paula Liranzo.
A general retired to the Reservoir of the Police National
He general retired Hilario de la Cruz González González, is the new director of the Reserve of the Police National, replacing Mariano Made Ramirez.
Other designations
Luis Abinader also issued the decree 456-04 which designated August Virgil de los Santos Almánzar, director of the Single Beneficiary System (Siuben), replacing Jefrey Rafael Lizardo Ortiz, who was appointed Deputy Minister of Planning at the Ministry of Economy.
By means of the referred decreethe Executive made other appointments of deputy ministers for the ministries of Inside and PoliceEconomy, Housing and Youth.
For Inside and Police Antonio Palma Larancuent was appointed to the Vice-Ministries of Citizen Coexistence; Chandrai Estévez Zorrilla was appointed to the Vice-Ministries of Preventive Security; InsideEdwin Ensebio Feliz Brito; for the Control and Regulation of Arms and Ammunition, Carlos Manuel Ogando Bidó.
In addition to the appointment of Lizardo Ortiz to the Ministry of Economy, other officials were also appointed Martin Franks Rodríguez as Deputy Minister of Productive Sectors.
Noeliz of Jesus Vásquez as Deputy Minister of Cooperation and International Relations of the Ministry of Housing, Habitat and Buildings.
For the Ministry of Youth, Anyelo Ramirez Bidó was appointed Vice Minister of Regional Extension of the Ministry of Youth, in that capacity, María Eloísa Luna Liberato Vice Minister of Administration and Finance and Fernando Arturo Lagares Vice Minister of Entrepreneurship.
Paola Pia She was appointed deputy director of the Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation.
