Carolina Mejía

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Mejía, the second or maternal family name is Gómez, and, for married women, the optional marital name is de Garrigó.
Carolina Mejía
Mayor of the National District
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 April 2020
Preceded byDavid Collado

Secretary-General of the
Modern Revolutionary Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 14, 2018[1]
PresidentJosé Ignacio Paliza
Vice PresidentGloria Reyes
Preceded byJesús Chu Vásquez Martínez
Alternate member of the board of directors of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic
In office
2003–2004
PresidentJosé Luis Malkún
Personal details
Born (1969-03-28) 28 March 1969 (age 55)
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Political partyModern Revolutionary Party
Children3, including Juan Garrigó Mejía
Parents
OccupationPolitician, economist, businesswoman
HometownGurabo, Dominican Republic

Rosa Carolina Mejía Gómez de Garrigó (born 28 March 1969) is a Dominican politician, economist, and businesswoman. She became mayor of Distrito Nacional in 2020, the first woman to assume the position.

Early life

Rosa Carolina Mejía Gómez was born in Santiago de los Caballeros on 28 March 1969 to Hipólito Mejía, agronomist and President of the Dominican Republic from 2000 to 2004, and Rosa Gómez Arias, the former First Lady of the Dominican Republic. Carolina has 2 brothers and 1 sister.[2][3]

Personal life

She married Juan Antonio Garrigó Lefeld, insurance and brokerage businessman of Catalan and German descent and they had three children, Juan de Jesús, Diego José, and Isabel Carolina Garrigó Mejía.[4]

Political life

In the early 2000s she was a member of the board of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic.[5] In 2016 she became the vice presidential candidate of the Modern Revolutionary Party.[4]

Mejía de Garrigó was elected General Secretary of her party in the primary elections held on 18 March 2018,[6] and took office on 14 June 2018.[1]

On 24 April 2020, Mejía took office as mayor of Santo Domingo, becoming the first woman to lead the Dominican Republic capital city;[7] she was re-elected on 18 February 2024.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Campos, Niza (14 June 2018). "José Ignacio Paliza y Carolina Mejía asumen presidencia y secretaría general del PRM" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Diario Libre. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Quién es Carolina Mejía, la compañera de boleta de Luis Abinader" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Diario Libre. 7 March 2016. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016.
  3. ^ Villegas, Ivelisse (13 May 2012). "Hipólito y Rosa, una familia unida" (in Spanish). Santo DOmingo: Listín Diario. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  4. ^ a b Espinal, Yanessi (8 March 2016). "Abinader escoge candidata a Vice a Carolina Mejía, hija de Hipólito" (in Spanish). El Caribe. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016.
  5. ^ Rosa, Guarionex (9 March 2016). "Margarita fue escogencia sabia para unificar al PLD" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Listín Diario.
  6. ^ Mena, Francisco Javier (26 March 2018). "Paliza y Carolina serán proclamados presidente y secretaria general del PRM el 22 de abril" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Proceso. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Una mujer asume por primera vez la Alcaldía de la capital dominicana". Diario Libre (in Spanish). EFE. 24 April 2020. Archived from the original on 12 May 2020.
  8. ^ CDN, Redacción (2024-02-24). "Carolina Mejía reelegida con un porcentaje récord de 61.11%". cdn.com.do (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-26.