Eduardo Estrella
Rafael Eduardo Estrella Virella (born June 5, 1953) is a civil engineer and Dominican politician, former senator and president of the Senate of the Dominican Republic from 2020 to 2023. He served as Minister (formerly "Secretary of State") for Public Works and Communications of the Dominican Republic during the second term 1991–94, of President Joaquín Balaguer and also he has served as senator for Santiago from 1994 to 1998, and has been serving again since 2020.
Eduardo Estrella | |
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Eduardo Estrella Virella | |
| President of the Dominican Republic Senate | |
| Assumed office August 16, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Reinaldo Pared Pérez |
| Member of the Dominican Republic Senate from Santiago Province | |
| Assumed office August 16, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Julio César Valentín |
| In office August 16, 1994 – August 16, 1998 | |
| Succeeded by | José Rafael Abinader |
| Secretary of State for Public Works and Communications | |
| In office 1991–1994 | |
| President | Joaquín Balaguer |
| Executive Director of the National Institute of Water and Sewage | |
| In office 1990–1991 | |
| President | Joaquín Balaguer |
| Under Secretary of State for Public Works and Communications | |
| In office 1986–1990 | |
| President | Joaquín Balaguer |
| Secretary of Second Class in the Dominican Embassy in Mexico | |
| In office 1972–1975 | |
| President of Dominicanos por el Cambio party | |
| In office January 10, 2010 – February 07, 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 June 1953 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| Nationality | Dominican |
| Political party | Partido Dominicanos por el Cambio |
| Spouse | Arelis Cruz de Estrella |
| Children | Paula, Mabel and Eduardo Guarionex |
| Residence(s) | Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic |
| Alma mater | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México UNAM |
| Occupation | Politician, Civil Engineer |
| Website | www |
He was the first presidential candidate of the Social Christian Reformist Party after the death of its leader, Dr. Joaquín Balaguer, after being elected in March 2003 as a presidential candidate of that organization. In 2007 he resigned from that organization to build a new party, since Social Christian Reformist Party was attached to the former government of Dominican Liberation Party and what he firmly opposed during the years, thus forming the Dominicans for Change Party, which controlled the presidency from 2004 to 2020. In August 2020, the current ruling government of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) agreed to choose Estrella as Dominican Republic Senate President.