Peggy Cabral
Peggy Cabral | |
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Vice-Mayor of the National District | |
In office 16 May 1998 – 16 May 2002 Serving with Johnny Ventura (Mayor) | |
Personal details | |
Born | Alba María Antonia Cabral Cornero 26 June 1947 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Political party | Dominican Revolutionary Party |
Spouse(s) | José Francisco Peña Gómez (1986–1998) |
Children | 3 |
Parents | Manuel del Cabral (father); Alba Cornero (mother) |
Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
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Alba María Antonia Cabral Cornero (born 26 June 1947), known as Peggy, is a Dominican journalist, television host and politician. Since 2013, she is co-president of the Dominican Revolutionary Party, and was vice-mayor of the National District (1998–2002).[1] She is José Francisco Peña Gómez's widow.
Early life and family
Peggy is daughter of the Argentine journalist of Spanish descent Alba María Cornero, a native of Rosario, and the Dominican writer and diplomat Manuel del Cabral; she was born in Buenos Aires while her father was serving in the Embassy of the Dominican Republic to Argentina.[2]
Cabral comes from a prominent political family in the Dominican Republic, which has had several presidents, including Buenaventura Báez, Ramón Báez, José María Cabral, Marcos Cabral, and Donald Reid-Cabral. Her grandfather, Sen. Mario Fermín Cabral y Báez drafted the bill that in 1935 renamed the Dominican capital, Santo Domingo, for Trujillo City in honor of dictator Rafael Trujillo.[3][4]
She married young on a first marriage in which she bore three children, who have given to Peggy twelve grandchildren.[2] She remarried on 19 December 1986 the Dominican politician José Francisco Peña Gómez,[5] whom she’s widow.[6] She studied business administration at the University of Buenos Aires.[2] During her youth she lived in Argentina, Spain, Chile and Brazil.[2]
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TV and political career
En la televisión dominicana ha sido presentadora del programa Conversando con Peggy Cabral,[7] en el que ha entrevistado a destacadas figuras como Hugo Chávez,[7] Benazir Bhutto,[7] Mahmoud Abbas,[7] Fidel Castro,[7] y Michel Martelly.[8]
She was the Dominican Revolutionary Party candidate for the senate seat of the San Cristóbal province to the congressional elections in 2010,[9] she got 41.07% of the votes, being defeated by the incumbent Tommy Galán.[10]
In August 2013 was designated acting president of the Dominican Revolutionary Party.[11][12]
She has received several awards throughout her life, including:[13]
- Llaves de la ciudad de Paterson, New Jersey
- Medalla al Mérito en el Renglón Político, impuesta por el entonces presidente de la República Dominicana, Hipólito Mejía
- Orden de Don José Solano y Bote (Venezuela)
- Huésped de Honor de las ciudades de La Plata y Rosario (Argentina)
- Personaje del año 2003 (Movimiento Cultural Dominicano)
References
- ↑ Guzmán Then, Abel (3 February 2010). "JCE decidirá si acepta candidatura de Peggy Cabral" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Listín Diario. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Irrizari, Evelyn (1 May 2013). "La vida junto a Peña era diferente todos los días" (in Spanish). El Caribe. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ↑ Mármol, Víctor A. (28 August 2007). "Mármoladas" (in Spanish). Hoy. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ↑ González, Julio (28 March 2009). "Cápsulas Genealógicas: Marcos A. Cabral" (in Spanish). Hoy. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ↑ Guzmán, Pedrito (21 April 2008). "Historia Gráfica de Peña Gómez / Pedrito Guzmán" (in Spanish). Flickr. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ↑ Uribe, Millizen (11 December 2013). "Peggy Cabral: Con sentencia TC, nacionalidad de Peña Gómez no está en juego" (in Spanish). Hoy. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "“Conversando con Peggy” regresa con nuevo formato" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Acento. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ↑ Cabral, Peggy (9 December 2012). "Martelly tiene confianza en el futuro de su nación" (in Spanish). Listín Diario. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ↑ "PRD presenta candidatos a cargos congresuales y municipales" (HTML) (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Diario Libre. 7 February 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ↑ "Boletines Elecciones Congresuales y Municipales 2010" (in Spanish). Junta Central Electoral. Search at: "San Cristóbal". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ↑ "Peggy Cabral designada presidenta en funciones del PRD". Diario Libre. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ↑ "Peggy Cabral dice asume cargo PRD para mediar" (in Spanish). Hoy. 6 August 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ↑ "Peggy Cabral" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.