Santo Domingo.- Following his swearing-in aspresident this morning, DaniloMedina announced the names of the members of his new government team, appointed by meansof decree 414-12.
SigfridoPared Pérez, Armed Forces Minister
GustavoMontalvo, Presidency Minister
JoséRamón Fadul, Minister of Interior and Police
CarlosMorales Troncoso, Foreign Relations Minister
SimónLizardo Mezquita, Minister of Hacienda
Josédel Castillo Saviñón, Minister of Industry and Commerce
GonzaloCastillo, Public Works Minister
JosefinaPimentel, Minister of Education
MaritzaHernández, Minister of Labor
LuisRamón Rodríguez, Minister of Agriculture
FreddyHidalgo, Minister of Public Health
Jaime David FernándezMirabal, Minister of Sport
JoséAntonio Rodríguez, Minister of Culture
FranciscoJavier García, Minister of Tourism
AlejandrinaGermán, Minister of Women
JorgeMinaya, Minister of Youth
BautistaRojas Gómez, Minister of Environment
Ligia Amada Melo, Higher Education,Science and Technology (Meescyt)
Juan Temístocles Montás, Minister of Economy, Planning and Development
Ventura Camejo, Minister PublicAdministration
Francisco Domínguez Brito, Minister ofJustice
César Pina Toribio, Presidential LegalAdvisor
Franklin Almeyda, Minister without portfolio for citizen safety programs
Antonio Isa Conde, Minister withoutportfolio
Miguel Mejía, Minister without portfoliofor regional integration affairs
Haivanjoe NG Cortiñas, Controller General
José Ramón Peralta, PresidencyAdministrative Minister
By means of decree 456-12, presidentDanilo Medina confirmed Major General José Armando Polanco Gómez as chief ofthe National Police and General Victor Campusano as his deputy.
The officials were immediately sworn in ata ceremony in the Ambassadors’ Hall in the National Palace.