Rafael Abinader
| José Rafael Abinader | |
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| Senator for Santiago Province | |
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In office 16 August 1998 – 16 August 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Eduardo Estrella |
| Succeeded by | Víctor Méndez |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
2 March 1929 Tamboril, Dominican Republic |
| Political party | Dominican Revolutionary Party (1961–2014) |
| Spouse(s) | Rosa Sula Corona Caba (div.) |
| Children | José Rafael, Luis Rodolfo, Rita Sulina |
| Parents | José S. Abinader, Esther Wassaf |
José Rafael Abinader Wasaf (born 2 March 1929) is a politician, lawyer and writer from the Dominican Republic. Former Vice-President of the Dominican Revolutionary Party. He founded the Universidad Dominicana O&M university, in which he was rector.
Abinader is the son of José S. Abinader, a Lebanese immigrant from Baskinta, Mount Lebanon, that arrived to the country in 1898, and Esther Wassaf, born in Monte Cristi to Lebanese parents from Baskinta as well. When he was 11 years old, his family moved from the town of Tamboril to the hamlet of Gurabito (located on the outskirts of Santiago de los Caballeros). He studied Law, and got a doctorate. He married Rosa S. Corona Caba, and procreated 3 children, among them, the businessman and politician Luis Abinader. Abinader has been member of the National Executive Committee (Spanish: Comité Ejecutivo Nacional) of the Dominican Revolutionary Party since 1963.
He founded the Dominican Social Alliance party (now the Modern Revolutionary Party); in 1998 he was elected Senator for the Santiago Province in an alliance with the Dominican Revolutionary Party.
His son Luis Rodolfo Abinader was the presidential candidate of the Modern Revolutionary Party for the general elections on 15 May 2016.
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