Amable Aristy
Amable Aristy Castro (10 May 1949 – 4 December 2022) was a politician and businessman from the Dominican Republic. He was a senior leader of the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC) and was a Senator for the province of La Altagracia. Aristy was the presidential candidate for his party in the 2008 presidential election. Due to the remarkable power and influence that he wielded on his native province, he was known as the "Chieftain of Higüey" ("Spanish: El Cacique de Higüey").
The Most Excellent Amable Aristy | |
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| President of the Senate of the Dominican Republic | |
| In office 16 August 1994 – 16 August 1998 | |
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| Preceded by | José Osvaldo Leger Aquino (1993–1994) |
| Succeeded by | Ramón Alburquerque Ramírez (1998–2000) |
| Senator of the Dominican Republic for the Province of La Altagracia | |
| In office 16 August 1990 – 1999 (resigned) | |
| Succeeded by | Ramón Sánchez de la Rosa (PRSC) |
| In office 10 November 2010 – 16 August 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Germán Castro García (PRSC) |
| Succeeded by | Dr. Virgilio Cedano (PRM) |
| Majority | Dominican Liberation’s Party |
| Chairman of the League of Dominican Municipalities | |
| In office 1999–2010 | |
| Preceded by | Julio Maríñez (PRD) |
| Succeeded by | Fidias Aristy (PRSC) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 May 1949 El Bonao (Higüey), La Altagracia Province, Dominican Republic |
| Died | 4 December 2022 (aged 73) Higüey, La Altagracia Province, Dominican Republic |
| Nationality | Dominican |
| Political party | Reformist Party, Social Christian Reformist Party |
| Spouse | Andrea Cedeño |
| Children | Karen Magdalena Aristy, Onavel Andres Aristy, Jenny Aristy, Amable Miguel Aristy, Amable Enrique Aristy |
| Parent(s) | Luis Aristy, Olivia Castro |
| Residence | Higüey |
| Alma mater | Universidad de la Tercera Edad (Degree in Law) |
| Occupation | Politician, businessman |
| {{{blank1}}} | US$ 2.5 million RD$ 91.7 million (2010) |
Aristy was elected senator for La Altagracia 7 times in a row: in 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2016. Nevertheless, he was not a senator for all those years as he resigned in the 1998-2002 period and he did not swear in in 2002 and 2006 leaving his senatorship to close friends; while he was chairman of the League of Dominican Municipalities (from 1999 to 2010). In 2010 he was threatened with impeachment and political disqualification if he left his senatorship to a friend again; he left his office in the League to a cousin of his and decided to be sworn in on 10 November 2010, nearly three months after August the 16th, the date marked by the constitution to do so.
Aristy was described as one of the least laborious senators.
Political leader Amable Aristy Castro died on December 4 in Higüey, La Altagracia province, from a cardiac arrest at the age of 73.
According to local sources, he suffered a cardiac arrest at his home, after participating in the inauguration of a shopping mall. He was transferred to the Perozo Clinic, where he was pronounce dead.
Castro was born in the community of El Bonao, Higüey, La Altagracia province, on May 10, 1949. He had been president of the Liberal Reform Party (PRL) since 2015.
He began his political career in the Social Christian Reform Party (PRSC), which he joined in 1976 and for which he was elected twice as a representative and seven times as a senator. He also presented his presidential candidacy for this political party in 2008. He was president of the Senate four times and held the position of general secretary of the Municipal League (LMD) on three occasions.