Danilo Medina
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| 53rd President of the Dominican Republic | |
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Assumed office 16 August 2012 |
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| Vice President | Margarita Cedeño de Fernández |
| Preceded by | Leonel Fernández |
| Secretary of State of the Presidency | |
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In office 16 August 2004 – 8 November 2006 |
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| President | Leonel Fernández |
| Preceded by | Sergio Grullón |
| Succeeded by | César Pina Toribio |
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In office 16 August 1996 – 16 August 1999 |
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| President | Leonel Fernández |
| Preceded by | Rafael Bello Andino |
| Succeeded by | Alejandrina Germán |
| President of the Chamber of Deputies | |
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In office 16 August 1994 – 16 August 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Norge Botello |
| Succeeded by | Ramón Fadul |
| Personal details | |
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10 November 1951 Bohechío, Dominican Republic |
| Political party | Liberation Party |
| Spouse(s) | Cándida Montilla (m. 1987) |
| Relations | Lucía Medina (sister) |
| Alma mater | Santo Domingo Institute of Technology |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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| Website | Personal website |
Danilo Medina Sánchez (born 10 November 1951) is a Dominican politician and President of the Dominican Republic, since 2012.
Medina previously served as Dominican Secretary of State to the President from 1996 to 1999 and from 2004 to 2006, and is a member of the Dominican Liberation’s Party (PLD). He won the May 2012 Dominican presidential election, defeating Hipolito Mejía with 51% of the votes. In May 15th 2016 Danilo Medina leading a coalition of parties won the 2016 Dominican presidential election, defeating the leader of the opposition and PRM candidate Luis Abinader with 61.8% of the votes, the highest percentage received by a president elected in free elections since 1924 when Horacio Vásquez won the presidency with 69.8% of the ballots—surpassing Juan Bosch's record of 59.5% obtained in 1962, and Leonel Fernández's 57.1% of the votes obtained in 2004.
Medina was born in Arroyo Cano, San Juan Province, in the southwest of the Dominican Republic. He is the oldest of eight brothers born of Juan Pablo Medina and Amelia Sánchez. Since he was 18 years old he was a student leader, founding the San Juan de la Maguana branch of the Frente Revolucionario Estudiantil Nacionalista at the UASD. When Professor Juan Bosch founded the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana in 1973, Medina joined him. He studied economics at Instituto Tecnológico Santo Domingo (INTEC), and graduated magna cum laude in 1984. He has been a member of the Central Committee of the PLD since 1983. In 1986 election he was elected a deputy in Congress. In 1987, he married psychologist Cándida Montilla and has three daughters, Sibeli, Vanessa and Ana Paula.
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