Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Female Heads of the Parliament of the Dominican Republic

See also Dominican Republic Ministers

The parliament presidiums are elected for four years

1990-94 Assistant President of the Senate Rafelina Puello Baez

1999-2002 President of the Cámara de Diputados Lia Rafaela Alburquerque de Gonzáles
Interim Leader of the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano from 2005.

1999- Secretary General of Cámara de Diputados Ruth Helen Paniagua

2000-02 Secretary of the Senate Ginette Alt. Bournigal de Jimménez Messón
Governor of Puerto Plata from 2002.

2002-03 Vice-President of the Senate Celeste del Carmen Gómez Martínez

2002-06 Secretary of the Cámara de Diputados Ilana Neumann Hernández

2002-06 Secretary of the Cámara de Diputados Amencia de la Cruz

2003-06 Secretary of the Senate Melania Salvador de Jiménez

2006- Vice-President of the Senate Cristina Lizardo Mézquita

2006-16 Vice-President of the Cámara de Diputados Lucía Medina Sánchez
2016- President
MP since 2002. (b. 1969-)

2006- Secretary of the Senate Amarilis Santana Cedano

2006-16 Secretary of the Cámara de Diputados María Cleofia Sánchez Lora

2006-16 Secretary of the Cámara de Diputados Ángela Pozo

2014-16 President of the Senate Cristina Altagracia Lizardo Mézquit
Subsecretary of the Administration of the President 1996-98, elected MP in 1998 and later Senator. (b. 1959-).

Last update 18.08.16