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The Dominican Republic is a representative democracy, where the president of the Dominican Republic functions as both the head of the government and head of the multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government.
The Dominican Republic [a] is a North American country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean.It shares a maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and a land border with Haiti to the west, occupying the eastern five-eighths of Hispaniola which, along with Saint Martin, is one of only two islands in the Caribbean shared ...
The Ministries of the Dominican Republic (Spanish: Ministerios de la República Dominicana) are the primary units of the executive branch of the government of the Dominican Republic. These offices were formerly known as Secretaries of State (Spanish: Secretarias de Estado), but that denominations changed on 2010, with the Constitutional reform ...
The National Palace is the president's official workplace, the center of the administration, and a prominent symbol of the office.. Since independence in 1844, the Dominican Republic has counted 54 people in the presidential office, whether constitutional, provisional, or interim, divided into 66 periods of government.
Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader is on the path to a second term following Sunday’s general elections, with his top competitors conceding early in the night as he took a big lead in ...
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 26 January 2010 with the proclamation of the new Constitution .
The Dominican Republic government said Monday it will temporarily allow trade of essential products, including food and medications, on its border with Haiti. The announcement comes weeks after ...
The Dominican Republic has gone through 39 constitutions, more than any other country, since its independence in 1844. [1] [2] This statistic is a somewhat deceiving indicator of political stability, however, because of the Dominican practice of promulgating a new constitution whenever an amendment is ratified. Although technically different ...