Dominican Republic

Chamber of DeputiesSenate

Chamber of Deputies

Political system Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
Presidential system
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Structure of parliament Structure of parliament: Unicameral, bicameral
Bicameral
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IPU membership Current membership status
Yes
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Data on women

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Basic information > About parliament

Speaker

Speaker
Alfredo Pacheco (Male)
Year of birth
1959
Additional information
Elected on 16 Aug. 2020.
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Secretary general

Secretary General
Francisca Ivonny Mota (Female)

Members

Current number of members, by sex
Men The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
137
Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
53
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
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Age

Average age of all members
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Youngest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
28
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Youngest member
Olfanny Yuverka Méndez Matos (Female)
Oldest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
77
Oldest member
Maximo Castro Silverio (Male)

Reserved seats and quotas

Number of reserved seats, by group
Women
40
Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Yes
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Notes
25% are reserved for women to be nominated to congressional or municipal posts.
Elections > Election results

Results

Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
137
Number of women elected
53
Percentage of women elected The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women elected in the election and the number of seats at stake at the election.
27.89%
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
53

New legislature

Total number of men after the election The total number of male parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
137
Total number of women after the election The total number of female parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
53
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Alfredo Pacheco (Male)
Political party
Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD)
Date of election
16.08.2020
Elections > Historical data on women

Women's suffrage

First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament Year in which first woman entered parliament
1942
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First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
1999