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[Country Name] The Dominican Republic (La Rep ú blica Dominicana).

[Area] 48734 square kilometers.

Population: 11.229 million (2022). Black and white mixed race people and Indo European mixed race people account for 73%, white people account for 16%, and black people account for 11%.

The official language is Spanish.

More than 90% of the residents believe in Catholicism, with a few adhering to Protestantism and Judaism.

[Currency] Currency name: Peso, 1 US dollar is equivalent to 59.1 pesos (as of April 2024).

The capital is Santo Domingo, with a population of 3.339 million. The annual average temperature is 25 ℃.

[Head of State] President Luis Abinader. Elected in July 2020 and re elected in May 2024, serving until August 2028.

February 27th is Independence Day, also known as National Day.

【 Overview 】 Located in the eastern part of Hispaniola Island in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea. Facing Puerto Rico across the Mona Strait to the east, Haiti to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the north. The northern and eastern regions have a tropical rainforest climate, while the southwestern region has a tropical grassland climate with an average annual temperature of 25-30 ℃.

Originally inhabited by Native Americans. In 1496, the Spanish established the city of Santo Domingo on the island, becoming the first permanent settlement of European colonizers in the Americas. It belonged to France in 1795. Returned to Spain in 1809. On February 27, 1844, it gained independence and established the Dominican Republic. In 1930, Trujillo launched a military coup and came to power, implementing a 30-year dictatorship. It was occupied by the United States in 1965. In 1966, democracy was restored. Afterwards, the Revolutionary Party, Christian Social Reform Party, Liberation Party, and Modern Revolutionary Party came into power respectively.

The political situation remains stable. On July 5, 2020, the candidate of the Modern Revolutionary Party, Abidal, was elected president with 52.52% of the vote. He was inaugurated on August 16 and won re-election in May 2024, serving until August 2028.

According to the Constitution promulgated in November 1966, a presidential system is commonly implemented, with a president and vice president. The President is directly elected and serves as the Head of State, Head of Government, and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. Afterwards, the constitution was amended four times, stipulating that the president can only be re elected once.

The parliament is divided into two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate has 32 seats, with one elected by each province and the capital region (i.e. the capital). The House of Representatives has 190 seats, including 7 overseas members, with each province electing at least 2 members. The term of office for members of parliament is 4 years. The Speaker's term of office is one year and he/she can be re elected. The current parliament was established in August 2020. In the Senate, the Modern Revolutionary Party has 17 seats, the People's Power Party has 8 seats, the Liberation Party has 4 seats, the Christian Social Reform Party has 2 seats, and the Dominican Change Party has 1 seat. In the House of Representatives, the Modern Revolutionary Party holds 95 seats, the Liberation Party holds 72 seats, the People's Power Party holds 11 seats, the Christian Social Reform Party holds 3 seats, the Revolutionary Party holds 3 seats, the National United Party holds 2 seats, the Citizen Innovation Party holds 1 seat, the Social System Party holds 1 seat, the Broad Front holds 1 seat, and the Dominican Christian Democratic Party holds 1 seat. The current Speaker of the Senate, Ricardo de los Santos, will take office on August 16, 2023. House Speaker Alfredo Pacheco took office on August 16, 2020 and was re elected on August 16, 2021, 2022, and 2023.

The current government was formed on August 16, 2020, with a term of 4 years. Main members: Vice President Raquel Pe ñ a, Presidential Office Minister Joel Santos Echavarr í a, Presidential Office Administrative Minister Jos é Ignacio Paliza, Defense Minister Carlos Luciano D í az Morfa, Foreign Minister Roberto Á lvarez Gil, Interior and Public Security Minister Jesus V á squez Mart í nez, Finance Minister Jochi Vicente, Industry and Trade With V í ctor Bison ó Haza, Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises, Pavel Isa Contreras, Minister of Economy, Planning and Development Education Minister Á ngel Enrique Hern á ndez Castillo, Minister of Public Works and Communications Deligne Ascension ó n Burgos, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology Franklin Garc í a Ferm í n, Minister of Tourism David Collado, Minister of Labour Luis Miguel De Campos, Minister of Energy and Mines Antonio Almonte, Minister of Public Health Daniel Enrique de Jesus Rivera Reyes Rivera Reyes, Women's Minister Mayra Jim é nez, Agriculture Minister Limber Cruz Culture Minister Milagros Germ á n, Environment and Natural Resources Minister Miguel Ceara Hatton, Public Administration Minister Dar í o Castillo Lugo, Sports Minister Francisco Camacho, Youth Minister Rafael J. F é liz Garc í a, Housing, Habitat and Construction Minister Carlos Bonilla, among others.

The country is divided into 31 provinces and 1 capital region (i.e. the capital), with cities and townships under each province.

The judicial authority is jointly exercised by the Supreme Court, the Prosecutor's Office, and the judicial department. There are 11 appellate courts, 4 land courts, 6 labor courts, 5 children's courts, 1 higher administrative court, tax court, and public security court, among other types of courts, totaling 33 courts and 50 courts across the country. There are 11 jurisdictional regions and 35 jurisdictional areas across the country. The President of the Supreme Court, Luis Henry Molina Pe ñ a. Prosecutor General Miriam Germ á n (female).

There are over 20 political parties in the country, mainly including:

(1) Partido Revolutionario Moderno: The ruling party. In 2014, it split from the Dominican Revolutionary Party. The General Secretary is Carolina Mej í a, and the Party Chairman is Jos é Ignacio Paliza.

(2) Partido de la Liberaci ó n Dominicana: an opposition party, also known as the "Purple Party". Established in 1973, it was founded by the late former president Juan Bosh and former president Lionel Fernandez, who separated from the Dominican Revolutionary Party. There are currently over 2.6 million party members. The General Secretary is former Senator Charlie Mariotti Tapia, and the Party Chairman is former President Danilo Medina S á nchez.

(3) The Dominican Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolutionario Dominicano): an opposition party, also known as the "White Party". Founded in 1939 by Juan Bosch and others. After Bosh formed the Liberation Party in 1973, the party split into Blanco, Machluta, and Gomez factions. Member of the Socialist International. There are currently over 500000 party members. The party chairman is former Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado.

(4) Partido Reformista Social Cristiano: an opposition party, also known as the "Red Party". Established in 1961, originally known as the Dominican Reform Party, it merged with the Christian Social Revolutionary Party in 1984 and was renamed to its current name. I have been in power for many years. After the death of former party chairman Balagel, the influence of the party has declined. The party chairman is Federico Ant ó n Batlle.

(5) Partido La Fuerza del Pueblo: opposition party. In 2019, it split from the Dominican Liberation Party and was founded by former President Lionel Fernandez in conjunction with the Labor Party. There are currently over 1.09 million party members. The party chairman is former president Leonel Fern á ndez.

Luis Abidal: President. Born on July 12, 1967 in the capital city of Santo Domingo. Bachelor of Economics from Santo Domingo University of Technology, Master of Project Management from Holt School of Business in the United States, and studied finance and management courses at Harvard University and Dartmouth College in the United States. In the 2012 election, he ran for Vice President on behalf of the Revolutionary Party. In the 2016 election, he ran for president on behalf of the Modern Revolutionary Party and was defeated by then president Medina. In 2020, he represented the Modern Revolutionary Party again and won the election. He took office in August of the same year and won re-election in May 2024. He will take office in August and serve until August 2028.

The tourism industry, export processing industry, and overseas remittances are the main pillars of the multi economy. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, Dominican economy and foreign trade have been affected to some extent, and the income of tourism and other pillar industries has declined sharply. Since 2021, many governments have accelerated the recovery of the economy, reopened the tourism industry, and continued to increase overseas remittance income.

The main economic data for 2023 are as follows:

Gross Domestic Product: 121.69 billion US dollars

Gross Domestic Product Growth Rate: 2.4%

Currency name: Peso

Exchange rate: 1 US dollar ≈ 59.1 pesos (April 2024)

Inflation rate: 3.57%

Unemployment rate: 5%

Foreign trade mainly exports sugar, cocoa, coffee, tobacco, clothing, and gold, silver, nickel iron alloys, while importing petroleum, fuel, food, electromechanical products, and chemical raw materials. The main trading partners include the United States, the European Union, Japan, Venezuela, Mexico, etc. In 2023, the import volume was 29.043 billion US dollars, and the export volume was 11.933 billion US dollars, with year-on-year growth of -6.5%- 3.6%.

We adhere to a foreign policy of respecting territorial integrity, sovereignty, independence, and non-interference in each other's internal affairs; Advocating that international peace and security should be based on respect for national sovereignty, ideological pluralism and the right of peoples to self-determination; Call for the establishment of a more rational new international economic order and oppose trade protectionism; Support the reform of the United Nations, believing that the reform should steer the globalization process towards the interests of developing countries; Condemn transnational drug crimes and terrorism.