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Dominican Republic businessman and politician

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alegría and the second or maternal family name is Soto.
Pedro Alegría
Senator for the province of San José de Ocoa
In office
16 August 2016 – 16 August 2020
Preceded byCarlos Castillo
(Dominican Liberation’s Party)
Succeeded byJosé Antonio Castillo Casado
(Modern Revolutionary 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 (age 73)
San José de Ocoa, Dominican Republic
Political partyInstitutional Social Democratic Bloc (201?–present)
Other political
affiliations		Dominican Revolutionary Party (1976–201?)
SpouseEva Gómez Espinal
Children5 children, including actress Dalisa Alegría
Parents
  • Rafael Antonio Alegría Domínguez (father)
  • Mercedes Nidia Soto Martínez (mother)
ProfessionBusinessman
EthnicityWhite Dominican
Net worthIncrease RD$ 511.46 million (2016)

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) —the largest private Dominican lottery— since its foundation in 1997.

Alegría has a Bachelor of Business Administration.

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

References

  1. "Presidente Danilo Medina lamenta muerte de madre de Pedro Alegría" (in Spanish). El Caribe. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  2. Senado República Dominicana
  3. "Mitad de senadores presentaron incremento en su patrimonio de hasta un 177 % en seis años". Archived from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  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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