Dominican Republic
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Eduardo
Estrella
(Male)
Year of birth
1953
Additional information
Elected on 16 Aug. 2020.
Secretary general
Secretary General
José Domingo
Carrasco Estévez
(Male)
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
28
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1942
Notes
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