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Danilo Medina

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Danilo Medina Sánchez (Latin American Spanish pronunciation: [daˈnilo meˈðina ˈsantʃes]; born 10 November 1951) is a Dominican politician who was President of the Dominican Republic from 2012 to 2020. Medina previously served as Chief of Staff to the President of the Dominican Republic from 1996 to 1999 and from 2004 to 2006, and is a member of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD). He won the May 2012 Dominican presidential election, defeating Hipòlito Mejía with 51% of the votes. On 15 May 2016, Danilo Medina leading a coalition of parties won the 2016 Dominican presidential election, defeating the leader of the opposition and PRM candidate Luis Abinader with 61.8% of the votes, the highest percentage received by a president elected in free elections since 1924 when Horacio Vásquez won the presidency with 69.8% of the ballots—surpassing Juan Bosch's record of 59.5% obtained in 1962, and Leonel Fernández's 57.1% of the votes obtained in 2004. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Danilo Medina is the 9,766th most popular politician (down from 9,221st in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Dominican Republic and the 5th most popular Dominican Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Danilo Medina ranks 9,766 out of 19,576. Before him are Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Harry Hopkins, Anna Maria of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen, Sayf al-Dawla, Paul Levi, and Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama. After him are Herman IV, Margrave of Baden, Dirk I, Count of Holland, Ōmura Sumitada, Alikhan Bukeikhanov, Antipater Etesias, and Maria Dobroniega of Kiev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Danilo Medina ranks 167. Before him are Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, Li Hongzhi, Börje Salming, Bill Walker, Phankham Viphavanh, and Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. After him are Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed, Jeanette, Alvin E. Roth, Andy Thomas, Orson Scott Card, and Patriarch Daniel of Romania.

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In Dominican Republic

Among people born in Dominican Republic, Danilo Medina ranks 9 out of 51. Before him are Joaquín Balaguer (1906), Oscar de la Renta (1932), Hatuey (1478), Juan Pablo Duarte (1813), Maria Montez (1912), and Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez (1936). After him are Leonel Fernández (1953), Máximo Gómez (1836), Héctor Trujillo (1908), Juan Bosch (1909), Luis Abinader (1967), and Salvador Jorge Blanco (1926).

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Among POLITICIANS In Dominican Republic

Among politicians born in Dominican Republic, Danilo Medina ranks 5. Before him are Rafael Trujillo (1891), Joaquín Balaguer (1906), Hatuey (1478), and Juan Pablo Duarte (1813). After him are Leonel Fernández (1953), Héctor Trujillo (1908), Juan Bosch (1909), Luis Abinader (1967), Salvador Jorge Blanco (1926), Hipólito Mejía (1941), and Ulises Heureaux (1845).

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