Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic
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The Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) is the lower house of the Dominican Republic's bicameral National Congress. The upper house is the Senate.
It currently comprises 178 deputies who are elected for four-year terms. Congressional elections are held in even numbered years not divisible by four, when the entire Chamber and Senate are replaced.
Deputies are elected by preferencial vote and en bloc by provinces, with one deputy per 50,000 inhabitants or fraction in excess of 25,000, and a guaranteed minimum of two per province.
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[edit] Latest election
Deputies elected in the May 2006 elections.
| Deputy | Party | Province |
| Julio Alberto Brito Peña | PLD | Ázua |
| Ana Quisqueya Lantigua de la Cruz | PLD | Ázua |
| Rafael Porfirio Calderón Martínez | PRD | Ázua |
| Ruddy González | PRD | Ázua |
| Pedro Antonio Caro Pérez | PLD | Bahoruco |
| Luis José González Sánchez | PRSC | Bahoruco |
| Rudy María Méndez | PLD | Barahona |
| Víctor Manuel Terrero Encarnación | PLD | Barahona |
| Aquiles Leonel Ledesma Alcántara | PRD | Barahona |
| Alejandro Evangelista | PRSC | Barahona |
| Gregorio Reyes Castillo | PLD | Dajabón |
| Carmen Mirelys Uceta Vélez | PRSC | Dajabón |
| Gustavo Antonio Sánchez García | PLD | D.N. |
| Manuel Elpidio Báez Mejía | PLD | D.N. |
| Yuderka Yvelisse de la Rosa Guerrero | PLD | D.N. |
| Carlos Manuel Peña Batista | PLD | D.N. |
| María Cleofia Sánchez Lora | PLD | D.N. |
| Julio César Horton Espinal | PLD | D.N. |
| Elías Rafael Serulle Tavárez | PLD | D.N. |
| Juan Bautista Encarnación Tejeda | PLD | D.N. |
| Ramón Alejandro Montás Rondón | PLD | D.N. |
| Minerva Josefina Tavárez Mirabal | PLD | D.N. |
| Pelegrín Horacio Castillo Semán | PLD-FNP | D.N. |
| Ramón Antonio Bueno Patiño | PRD | D.N. |
| Alberto Elías Atallah Lajan | PRD | D.N. |
| Rafael Librado Castillo Espinosa | PRD | D.N. |
| Rafael Francisco Vásquez Paulino | PRD | D.N. |
| Digna Reynoso | PRD | D.N. |
| José Leonel Cabrera Abud | PRD | D.N. |
| Víctor Orlando Bisonó Haza | PRSC | D.N. |
| Lupe Núñez Rosario | PLD | Duarte |
| Juan José Rosario Rosario | PLD | Duarte |
| Noé Marmolejos Mercedes | PRD | Duarte |
| Juan Andrés Comprés Brito | PRD | Duarte |
| Luis Ernesto Camilo García | PRD | Duarte |
| Mario José Fernández Saviñón | PRSC | Duarte |
| Kenia Milagros Mejía Mercedes | PLD | El Seibo |
| Juan Maldonado Castro | PRD | El Seibo |
| Juan Alberto Aquino Montero | PLD | Elías Piña |
| Agne Berenice Contreras Valenzuela | PRSC | Elías Piña |
| Ramón Noé Camacho Santos | PLD | Espaillat |
| Pedro Dionicio Flores Grullón | PLD | Espaillat |
| Bernardo Sánchez Rosario | PRD | Espaillat |
| Víctor Luis de Jesús Lasosé Figueroa | PRD | Espaillat |
| Remberto Arturo Cruz Rodríguez | PRSC | Espaillat |
| Santiago Vilorio Lizardo | PLD | Hato Mayor |
| Pedro Augusto Evangelista Monegro | PRD | Hato Mayor |
| Pablo Inocencio Santana Díaz | PLD | Independencia |
| Henry Osvaldo Sarraff Urbáez | PRD | Independencia |
| Juan Julio Campos Ventura | PLD-UDC | La Altagracia |
| Guido Cabrera Martínez | PRSC | La Altagracia |
| Ramón Ricardo Sánchez De la Rosa | PRSC | La Altagracia |
| Amable Aristy Castro | PRSC | La Altagracia |
| Plutarco Pérez | PLD | La Romana |
| Teodoro Ursino Reyes | PLD | La Romana |
| Eugenio Cedeño Areché | PRD | La Romana |
| Francisco Rosario Martínez | PRSC | La Romana |
| Pedro Antonio Delgado Valdez | PLD | La Vega |
| Aridio Antonio Reyes | PLD | La Vega |
| Guillermo Galván | PLD | La Vega |
| Gilda Mercedes Moronta Guzmán | PLD | La Vega |
| Hugo Rafael Núñez Almonte | PRD | La Vega |
| Guillermo Radhamés Ramos García | PRD | La Vega |
| Ramón Rogelio Genao Durán | PRSC | La Vega |
| Euclides Batista Brache | PRSC | La Vega |
| Ana Isabel Bonilla Hernández | PLD | María Trinidad Sánchez |
| Salomón García Ureña | PRD | María Trinidad Sánchez |
| Wagner Manuel José Mosquea | PRD | María Trinidad Sánchez |
| José Casimiro Ramos Calderón | PLD | Monseñor Nouel |
| José Antonio Fabián Bertré | PLD | Monseñor Nouel |
| Modesto Díaz Coste | PRD | Monseñor Nouel |
| Rafael Antonio Santana Albuez | PLD | Monte Plata |
| Juan Suazo Marte | PLD | Monte Plata |
| María Estela de la Cruz de De Jesús | PRD | Monte Plata |
| Altagracia Herrera de Brito | PRD | Monte Plata |
| Miguel Alejandro Bejarán Álvarez | PLD | Monte Cristi |
| Heinz Siegfried Vielut Cabrera | PLD | Monte Cristi |
| Ramón Antonio Pimentel Gómez | PRD | Monte Cristi |
| María Altagracia Matos Ramírez | PLD | Pedernales |
| Manuel Alberto Sánchez Carrasco | PRD | Pedernales |
| Orfelina Liseloth Arias Medrano | PLD | Peravia |
| Milcíades Marino Franjul Pimentel | PLD | Peravia |
| Santo Ynilcio Ramírez Bethancourt | PRD | Peravia |
| Juan Carlos Quiñones Minaya | PLD | Puerto Plata |
| Alfonso Crisóstomo Vásquez | PLD | Puerto Plata |
| Félix Antonio Castillo Rodríguez | PLD | Puerto Plata |
| Pedro Alejandro Aguirre Hernández | PRD | Puerto Plata |
| Ilana Neumann Hernández | PRD | Puerto Plata |
| Carlos José Ramón Martínez Arango | PRSC | Puerto Plata |
| Afif Nazario Rizek Camilo | PLD | Hermanas Mirabal |
| Miguel Ángel de Jesús Vásquez Escoto | PRD | Salcedo |
| José Acevedo Trinidad | PLD | Samaná |
| Prim Pujals Nolasco | PLD | Samaná |
| Demetrio Antonio Vicente Ureña | PRD | Samaná |
| Radamés Vásquez Reyes | PLD | San Cristóbal |
| Tulio Jiménez Díaz | PLD | San Cristóbal |
| Sergio Pascual Vargas Parra | PLD | San Cristóbal |
| Manuel Antonio Díaz Santos | PLD | San Cristóbal |
| Ydenia Doñé Tiburcio | PLD | San Cristóbal |
| Raul Mondesí Avelino | PLD | San Cristóbal |
| Alfonso Gamalier Montás Domínguez | PLD | San Cristóbal |
| Juan Benito Reyes Brito | PRD | San Cristóbal |
| Fausto Marino Mendoza Rodríguez | PRD | San Cristóbal |
| Rafael Leonidas Abréu Valdez | PRD | San Cristóbal |
| Leivin Esenobel Guerrero | PRD | San Cristóbal |
| Abrahan de la Cruz Martínez Pujols | PLD | San José de Ocoa |
| César Enrique Gómez Segura | PRSC | San José de Ocoa |
| Elba Lugo A. de Alcántara | PLD | San Juan |
| Mauro Piña Bello | PLD | San Juan |
| Lucía Medina Sánchez | PLD | San Juan |
| Nidio Encarnación Santiago | PRD | San Juan |
| David Herrera Díaz | PRD | San Juan |
| Juana Mercedes Vicente Moronta | PLD | San Pedro de Macorís |
| Franklin Isaías Peña Villalona | PLD | San Pedro de Macorís |
| José María Sosa Vásquez | PLD | San Pedro de Macorís |
| Luis Ramón Peña | PRD | San Pedro de Macorís |
| Nelson de Jesús Arroyo Perdomo | PRD | San Pedro de Macorís |
| Rafaela Alburquerque de González | PRSC | San Pedro de Macorís |
| Gladis Mercedes Soto Iturrino | PLD | Sánchez Ramírez |
| Cristian Paredes Aponte | PRD | Sánchez Ramírez |
| Rafael Molina Lluberes | PRSC | Sánchez Ramírez |
| Santiago de Jesús Rodríguez Peña | PLD | Santiago |
| Magda Alina Altagracia Rodríguez Azcona | PLD | Santiago |
| Demóstenes Willian Martínez Hernández | PLD | Santiago |
| Julio César Valentín Jiminián | PLD | Santiago |
| Ramón Dilepcio Núñez Pérez | PLD | Santiago |
| Juan Gilberto Serulle Ramia | PLD | Santiago |
| Víctor Valdemar Suarez Díaz | PLD | Santiago |
| Abel Atahualpa Martínez Durán | PLD | Santiago |
| José Ricardo Taveras Blanco | PLD-FNP | Santiago |
| Juan de Jesús De León Contreras | PLD-UDC | Santiago |
| José Ulises Rodríguez Guzmán | PRD | Santiago |
| Fidelia Altagracia Pérez Rodríguez | PRD | Santiago |
| Antonio De León Morel | PRD | Santiago |
| Antonio Bernabel Colón Cruz | PRD | Santiago |
| Ángel Acosta Féliz | PRSC | Santiago |
| Marino Antonio Collante Gómez | PRSC | Santiago |
| Máximo Castro Silverio | PRSC | Santiago |
| Radhamés Antonio Fermín Cruz | PRSC | Santiago |
| Nancy Altagracia Santos Peralta | PLD | Santiago Rodríguez |
| Celestino Peña García | PRD | Santiago Rodríguez |
| René Polanco Vidal | PLD | Santo Domingo |
| Lethi Vásquez Castillo | PLD | Santo Domingo |
| Rubén Darío Maldonado Díaz | PLD | Santo Domingo |
| Ángel José Gomera Peralta | PLD | Santo Domingo |
| Pedro Vicente Jiménez Mejía | PLD | Santo Domingo |
| Jesús Martínez Alberti | PLD | Santo Domingo |
| Mirtha Elena Pérez | PLD | Santo Domingo |
| Juan Antonio Pérez | PLD | Santo Domingo |
| Lidio Cadet Jiménez | PLD | Santo Domingo |
| Geraldo Miguel Bogaert Marra | PLD | Santo Domingo |
| Gladys Sofía Azcona de la Cruz | PLD | Santo Domingo |
| Hugo Fernelis Fortuna Tejeda | PLD | Santo Domingo |
| Elso Milcíades Segura Martínez | PLD | Santo Domingo |
| Ysabel De la Cruz Javier | PLD | Santo Domingo |
| Alfredo Martínez | PLD | Santo Domingo |
| Manuel de Jesús Jiménez Ortega | PLD | Santo Domingo |
| Ramón Antonio Cabrera Cabrera | PLD | Santo Domingo |
| Radhamés Fortuna Sánchez | PLD | Santo Domingo |
| Domingo Antonio Páez Rodríguez | PLD | Santo Domingo |
| Elvin Antonio Fulgencio | PLD | Santo Domingo |
| Karen Lisbeth Ricardo Corniel | PLD | Santo Domingo |
| Lucila Leonarda De León Martínez | PRD | Santo Domingo |
| Nemencia Amancia de la Cruz Abad | PRD | Santo Domingo |
| Julio Encarnación | PRD | Santo Domingo |
| María Margarita Sánchez de Almonte | PRD | Santo Domingo |
| Pablo Adón Guzmán | PRD | Santo Domingo |
| Luis Rafael Sánchez Rosario | PRD | Santo Domingo |
| José Altagracia González Sánchez | PRD | Santo Domingo |
| Aníbal Rosario Ramírez | PRD | Santo Domingo |
| Josefa Aquilina Castillo Rodríguez | PRD | Santo Domingo |
| Jorge Frías | PRD | Santo Domingo |
| José Francisco A A Santana Suriel | PRD | Santo Domingo |
| Néstor Julio Cruz Pichardo | PRD | Santo Domingo |
| Julio Rafael Romero Villar | PRD | Santo Domingo |
| Andrés Henríquez Antigua | PRSC | Santo Domingo |
| Radhamés Castro | PRSC-PPC | Santo Domingo |
| Domingo Inocencio Colón Rodríguez | PLD | Valverde |
| Ángela Pozo | PLD | Valverde |
| Rubén Darío Peñaló Torres | PRD | Valverde |
[edit] Party strengths in the Chamber of Deputies
The following table shows the composition of the Chamber of Deputies at the start of the most recent legislative periods.
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| Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) |
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| Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) |
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