Rafael Adolfo Pérez is appointed as INABIE's executive director

SANTO DOMINGO. – President Luis Abinader appointed Rafael Adolfo Pérez as the new executive director of the National Institute of Student Welfare (INABIE), replacing Victor Castro. The decision was formalized through the presidential decree issued this Sunday. The measure is contained in decree 461-25, in which the Executive Branch makes various changes in the government structure. The official will be responsible for the administration and execution of one of the country's most important social programs, which daily distributes food rations to millions of students nationwide, as well as the development of health support and school assistance projects.

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Biography of Rafael Adolfo Pérez de León

Rafael Adolfo Pérez de León was born on January 10, 1977, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He is an industrial engineer, graduated with honors (Cum Laude) from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM). Subsequently, he obtained a master's degree in Operations Management from the same institution. In the academic field, Pérez de León was the founding president of the industrial engineering student committee of the PUCMM in 1999. Later, he served as a university professor in the operations management chair at that university. In the private sector, he has been a successful entrepreneur in the motorcycle industry. In the political arena, he began more than a decade ago a political project to support Luis Abinader, a structure in which he has been the official spokesperson and special assistant to the then candidate Abinader in the 2012 and 2016 elections, respectively. He was National Vice President and member of the Political Commission of the PRM. In the 2020 campaign, when they obtained victory in the first round, he was campaign supervisor for the National District of Luis Abinader's presidential project.