{"id":134254,"date":"2026-08-16T21:38:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T01:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/abinader-makes-strategic-changes-to-the-dominican-government\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T21:38:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T01:38:58","slug":"abinader-makes-strategic-changes-to-the-dominican-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/abinader-makes-strategic-changes-to-the-dominican-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Abinader makes strategic changes to the Dominican government"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Government restructuring: President Abinader announces strategic changes to his executive team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As he marks two years since the start of his second presidential term, President Luis Abinader executed a series of significant modifications in various state institutions. Through decrees 551-26 to 555-26, the president seeks to strengthen public management in key sectors such as transportation, civil aviation, infrastructure, and foreign policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New figures in diplomacy and infrastructure development<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most notable moves is the appointment of V\u00edctor \u201cIto\u201d Bison\u00f3 as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, replacing Roberto \u00c1lvarez, who assumes the position of ambassador emeritus. In the housing sector, Jean Luis Rodr\u00edguez was appointed Minister of MIVHED, while Francisco Alejandro Campos \u00c1lvarez will lead the Dominican Port Authority (APORDOM), accompanied by Julia Luz Marina Mu\u00f1iz Suberv\u00ed as chair of its Board of Directors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Transformations in the transport sector and emergency response agencies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Institute of Transit and Land Transportation (INTRANT) will have a new director in retired Major General Juan Manuel M\u00e9ndez Garc\u00eda, who is leaving his position at the head of the Emergency Operations Center (COE). In his place, the relief agency will be led by Erdwin Robert Olivares Luciano. On the other hand, Carlos Manuel Paulino C\u00e1rdenas assumes the leadership of the Civil Defense, while Juan Cesario Salas Rosario moves to honorary advisory functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adjustments in aviation, consular services and social welfare<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Civil aviation is also experiencing changes with the appointment of Julio Pe\u00f1a Guzm\u00e1n as president of the Civil Aviation Board (JAC) and H\u00e9ctor Elie Porcella Dumas as advisor to the Executive Branch on the matter. Likewise, M\u00e9rido de Jes\u00fas Torres Espinal was appointed to the Airport Department and Mariana Tav\u00e1rez de Santos to head Mercadom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>INAIPI:<\/strong> Kenia Xiomara Guante Valdez assumes the directorship.<\/li><li><strong>National Migration Institute:<\/strong> Jos\u00e9 Benedicto Hern\u00e1ndez Tejada is the new executive director.<\/li><li><strong>Consular Service:<\/strong> Josefa Aquilina Castillo Rodr\u00edguez (Miami), V\u00edctor Pichardo Custodio (Mayag\u00fcez), and El\u00edas de Jes\u00fas Brache Rivas (Los Angeles).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Decree 555-26 closed the day of changes with the appointment of Jos\u00e9 Dolores And\u00fajar Ram\u00edrez to Provincial Development, Nidio Encarnaci\u00f3n Santiago to UTEPDA, and the restructuring of the CORAASAN board with C\u00e9sar Andr\u00e9s Pichardo Ferm\u00edn at the helm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government restructuring: President Abinader announces strategic changes to his executive team As he marks two years since the start of his second presidential term, President Luis Abinader executed a series of significant modifications in various state institutions. Through decrees 551-26 to 555-26, the president seeks to strengthen public management in key sectors such as transportation, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[13667,1271,12872,11127],"class_list":{"0":"post-134254","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-national","7":"tag-designations","8":"tag-dominican-republic","9":"tag-government","10":"tag-luis-abinader"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134254\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}