Leonel Fernandez
Leonel Fernadez is the constitutional president of the Dominican Republic. Married to MRs. Margarita Cedeño, the first lady, and he is the father of Nicole, Omar and Yolanda America Maria Fernandez.He was born on the 26th December 1953 in Santo domingo, the capital of theDominican Republic, in December 26th, 1953. Son of Mr. José Antonio Fernández Collado( former official of the armed forces, director of the Dominican harbor authority and general consul in Panama deceased in november 2002) and Mrs. Yolanda Reyna Romero. His family moved to the United States and he spent his childhood and formative years in Washinton heights,New york city.
When he finished high school, he returned to his country and started Law Studies in the Universidad autonoma de Santo domingo. There he joined the Dominican liberation party(PLD) at its inception in 1973, when Juan Bosh left the Dominican Revolutionary party(PRD) to create the new party. Fernández was a close pupil of Bosch, and was presented as a vice-presidential candidate with the latter during the 1994 presidential election.