Friday, May 22, 2026

Abinader appoints new vice ministers in the MICM by decree 170-26

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Santo Domingo.– The President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, appoints four new vice ministers in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Mipymes (MICM), through decree 170-26. In that sense, Daniel Arturo Peña Fernández is appointed as Vice Minister of Foreign Trade; Rainiero Luis Martín Olivo Bordas as Vice Minister of Internal Trade; and Anibelca María Mena Susana as Vice Minister of Agroindustry Development. Likewise, Lucía Ynes Zorrilla Rodríguez is appointed Vice Minister of Free Zones and Special Regimes of the MICM.
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The decree also establishes the repeal of article 9 of decree 339-20, as well as decree 592-23 and articles 1 and 2 of decree 386-23, as part of the administrative adjustments in the institutional structure.

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