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Raquel Peña
40th Vice President of the Dominican Republic
Assumed office
16 August 2020
President Luis Abinader
Preceded by Margarita Cedeño
Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources of the Dominican Republic
In office
16 June 2022 – 7 July 2022
Preceded by Orlando Jorge Mera
Succeeded by Miguel Ceara Hatton
Personal details
Born
Raquel Peña Rodríguez

(1966-09-10) 10 September 1966 (age 57)
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Nationality Dominican
Political party Modern Revolutionary Party
Spouse Marco José Antuña Cabral (d. 2019)
Children 3
Alma mater Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra

Raquel Peña de Antuña (born Raquel Peña Rodríguez; 10 September 1966) is a Dominican politician and academic who has served as Vice President of the Dominican Republic since 2020.

Early life and education

Peña was born in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, on 10 September 1966, to tobacco industrialist Rafael Leocadio Peña Guillén, a white Dominican, and Estela Rodríguez, a mixed-race Dominican woman.

She was educated primary at the Sagrado Corazón de Jesús School, and she studied secondary at the De La Salle School. She graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra.

Career

Peña started her career following her graduation, at the companies owned by her family. She became a manager at the tobacco and commercial companies.

Professor

In 2000, Peña became a professor of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra.

Vice presidency

In 2019, Peña was chosen by Luis Abinader as vice-presidential candidate for the Modern Revolutionary Party in the 2020 elections. She won the election, along with Abinader, on 5 July 2020. Peña was sworn in on 16 August 2020.

Personal life

Peña was married to engineer Marco José Antuña Cabral, a white Dominican, great-great-great-grandson of French-Dominican Colonel Furcy Fondeur. They have three children and a grandson by their daughter. Her husband died in 2019.

See also

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