The Cabinet of the Dominican Republic is chosen by the President of the Republic and can be removed by the president at any time. The cabinet ministers were known as Secretaries of State until 10 December 2009 with the proclamation of the new costitution.

[edit] Current Cabinet

Leonel Fernández Reyna won re-election in the elections on 16 May 2008. Some members of the previous cabinet were reconfirmed in their same positions.

These are the current ministers of the cabinet:

Portfolio			Minister
Ministry of Defence		(List)	Lieutenant General Pedro R. Peña Antonio	(2008-)
Ministry of the Presidency		(List)	César Pina Toribio	(2008-)
Ministry of Foreign Relations	(1844-)	(List)	Carlos Morales Troncoso	(2004-)
Ministry of Economy and Planification	(2007-)	(List)	Juan Temístocles Montás	(2007-)
Ministry Administrative of the Presidency		(List)	Luis Manuel Bonetti	(2004-)
General Procurator of the Republic		(List)	Radhamés Jiménez	(2006-)
Ministry of Finance	(1844-)	(List)	Vicente Bengoa	(2004-)
Ministry of Industry and Commerce	(1966-)	(List)	José Ramón Fadul	(2008-)
Ministry of Education	(1934-)	(List)	Alejandrina Germán	(2008-)
Ministry of Interior and Police	(1845-)	(List)	Franklin Almeyda Rancier	(2004-)
Ministry of Higher Learning, Science and Technology	(2001-)	(List)	Ligia Amada Melo	(2004-)
Ministry of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation		(List)	Felipe Payano	(2004-)
Ministry of Agriculture	(1854-)	(List)	Salvador Jiménez	(2007-)
Ministry of Public Works and Communication	(1959-)	(List)	Víctor Díaz Rua	(2007-)
Ministry of Culture	(2000-)	(List)	José Rafael Lantigua	(2004-)
Ministry of Labor	(1930-)	(List)	Maximiliano Puig Miller	(2008-)
Ministry of Tourism	(1979-)	(List)	Francisco Javier García	(2008-)
Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance	(1956-)	(List)	Bautista Rojas Gómez	(2006-)
Ministry of the Youth	(2001-)	(List)	Franklin Rodríguez	(2008-)
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources	(2001-)	(List)	Jaime David Fernández Mirabal	(2008-)
Ministry of Women	(1999-)	(List)	Alejandrina Germán	(2008-)
Ministry of Public Administration	(2008-)	(List)	Ramón Ventura Camejo	(2008-)
Ministry without Portfolio		(List)	Rafael Pérez Modesto	(2008-)

[edit] See also

• Congress of the Dominican Republic
• Leonel Fernández

[edit] References

Presidencia de la República Dominicana (Spanish)