José Ignacio Paliza


José Ignacio Ramón Paliza Nouel is a politician and lawyer from the Dominican Republic. He is the President and Chairman of the Modern Revolutionary Party since 14 June 2018, and Senator for the province of Puerto Plata since 16 August 2016.

Early life and family

Paliza Nouel is the son of businessman and honorary consul of Spain in Puerto Plata, Juan Ignacio Paliza García, and nephew of entrepreneurs José Manuel Paliza and Elena Viyella de Paliza. His grandfather Benito Paliza Torre was a Spanish immigrant who was dedicated to work in the coffee industry upon his arrival to the Dominican Republic.
His mother, Grace Malvina Nouel, was born in Miami, Florida, during the period her father was Consul appointed by the dictatorRafael Trujillo for his particular adherence to him; she is the daughter of José María Nouel Simpson, and Ligia Malvina Henríquez Mon. On his mother's side, he descends from President Tomás Bobadilla, the first ruler of the Dominican Republic; Paliza Nouel is great-grandnephew of monsignor Adolfo Alejandro Nouel.
In 2003, he earned a doctorate in Law, at Universidad Iberoamericana ; he studied International Studies of Law, Business and Public Policy, and Public Finance Management, at Georgetown, Pennsylvania and Harvard, respectively..

Politics

He was elected with just 28 years as a deputy to the 2010-2016 legislature, and was the youngest member of the Congress of the Dominican Republic.
In his 2010 sworn statement of assets, Paliza stated that he had a negative equity, as he owed RD$ 5 million to his father. In 2016 he reported to have RD$ 13.38 million in assets.
In August 2014, along with more than thirty deputies defectors he entered into the Modern Revolutionary Party, following a split in the Dominican Revolutionary Party.
Paliza was elected President and Chairman of the Modern Revolutionary Party in the primary elections held on 18 March 2018, he took office on 14 June 2018.

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