Pedro Alegría

Pedro José Alegría Soto (born 24 September 1951) is a businessman and politician from the Dominican Republic. He was Senator for the province of San José de Ocoa and was elected in 2002, and re-elected in 2006; he has also been President of Lotería Electrónica Internacional Dominicana, S.A. (LEIDSA) since its foundation in 1997.[4]

Pedro Alegría

Senator for the province of San José de Ocoa
Assumed office
16 August 2016
Preceded byCarlos Castillo
(Dominican Liberation’s Party)
In office
16 August 2002  16 August 2010
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byCarlos Castillo (PLD)
Personal details
Born (1951-09-24) 24 September 1951
San José de Ocoa, Dominican Republic
Political partyInstitutional Social Democratic Bloc (201?–present)
Other political
affiliations
Dominican Revolutionary Party (1976–201?)
Spouse(s)Eva Gómez Espinal
Children5 children, including the actress Dalisa Alegría
Parents
  • Rafael Antonio Alegría Domínguez[1] (father)
  • Mercedes Nidia Soto Martínez[2] (mother)
ProfessionBusinessman
EthnicityWhite Dominican
Net worth RD$ 511.46 million (2016)[3]

Alegría has a Bachelor of Business Administration.[4]

Pedro Alegría became the first senator elected from the Institutional Social Democratic Bloc after the 2016 general election.[5]

References

  1. http://www.senado.gob.do/senado/portals/0/documentos/oai/DeclaracionesJuradas/DeclaracionesJuradas2016-2020/Pedro%20Alegria%20-%20San%20Jose%20de%20Ocoa.pdf
  2. "Presidente Danilo Medina lamenta muerte de madre de Pedro Alegría" (in Spanish). El Caribe. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Pedro José Alegría Soto, Senador de la República por la Provincia San José de Ocoa, PRD" (in Spanish). Senate of the Dominican Republic. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  5. De León, Degnis (17 May 2016). "PLD retiene la Presidencia y se impone en el Congreso Nacional" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: El Día. Archived from the original on 17 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.


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