Danilo Medina Sánchez is a Dominican politician who was President of the Dominican Republic from 2012 to 2020.
Danilo Medina, 2017
Economic meeting with President Leonel Fernandez and the Ministry of the Presidency Danilo Medina at the National Palace.
First Lady Margarita Cedeño and Danilo Medina together in caravan march around the Dominican Republic in March 2012
Hillary Clinton and Danilo Medina
Politics of the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a representative democracy, where the President of the Dominican Republic functions as both the head of the government and head of the multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in the bicameral National Congress. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
View of Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic
Juan Pablo Duarte, founder of the Dominican Republic. Dominican War of Independence (1844–56)
President Juan Bosch, Post-Trujillo (1961–1996). The first democratically elected president after Rafael Trujillo's regime
Luis Abinader, the current President of the Dominican Republic since 2020.