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2020-07-5

Presidential candidate

Conservative candidate and opposition leader Luis Abinader is proclaimed the winner, ending 16 years of centre-left rule.

Dominicans vote in election postponed over virus © BBC News

Sources: BBC News

Luis Abinader is sworn in for a second term as President of the Dominican Republic.
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The Dominican Republic Attorney General receives the first case on the former Minister of Public Works and presidential candidate of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Gonzalo Castillo, in the purchase of hot tar for RD$11.5 billion (US$194.9 million).
2020-09-10

Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader signs the extradition to the United States of Yamil Abreu Navarro on crimes of Illegal drug trade. Yamil Abreu Navarro is currently the leader of the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party.
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Luis Abinader is sworn in as President after winning the 2020 general elections. He succeeds Danilo Medina.
2020-08-16

After having been postponed once due to the COVID-19 pandemic, general elections are held in the Dominican Republic. The electorate can vote for the new members of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies as well as the country's next president.
2020-07-5

Protests happen in major Dominican Republic cities over the election problems.
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2020-07-5

Presidential candidate

Conservative candidate and opposition leader Luis Abinader is proclaimed the winner, ending 16 years of centre-left rule.

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