José Ignacio Paliza

José Ignacio Paliza
The Most Excellent
(Spanish: Excelentísimo Señor)
Minister of the Presidency
Assumed office
16 August 2024
PresidentLuis Abinader
DeputyVice ministers:
  • Roger Pujols (2024–present)
  • Luis Gregorio Madera Sued (2024–present)
  • Alexis Isaac Jiménez González (2024–present)
  • María del Pilar Cañas (2024–present)
  • Edgar Batista Carrasco (2024–present)
  • Camel Curi Lora (2020–present)
Preceded byJoel Santos
Administrative Minister of the Presidency
In office
16 August 2020  16 August 2024
PresidentLuis Abinader
DeputyVice ministers:
  • Dilia Leticia Jorge Mera (2020–present)
  • Juan Garrigó Mejía (2020–present)
  • Andrés Alberto Lugo Risk (2020–2024)
  • Igor David Rodríguez Durán (2020–2024)
  • José Gabriel Jáquez Vásquez (2020–present)
  • Víctor D’Aza Tineo (2020–2021)
  • Osval Antonio Saldivar Mota (2021–present)
Preceded byJosé Ramón Peralta
Succeeded byAndrés Bautista García
President and Chairman of the
Modern Revolutionary Party
Assumed office
14 June 2018
Preceded byAndrés Bautista García
Senator for the province of Puerto Plata
In office
16 August 2016  16 August 2020
Preceded byFrancis Vargas
(Dominican Liberation's Party)
Succeeded byGinette Bournigal
(Modern Revolutionary Party)
Deputy for Puerto Plata
In office
16 August 2010  16 August 2016
Serving with Félix Antonio Castillo Rodríguez (PLD), Francisco Javier Clark Vásquez (PLD), Graciela Fermín Nuesi (PRD), Juan Carlos Quiñones Minaya (PLD), Pedro Alejandro Aguirre Hernández (PRD)
MajorityDominican Liberation's Party (PLD)
Personal details
Born (1981-09-01) 1 September 1981
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
CitizenshipDominican (1981–present)
Spanish (1981–2010)
Political partyModern Revolutionary Party (2014–present)
Dominican Revolutionary Party (until 2014)
SpouseIsabel Lucía Brugal Portela
Net worth
Fortune by year
  • RD$ −4.73 million (2010) (US$ −128,000)
  • RD$ 13.38 million (2016) (US$ 291,000)
  • RD$ 23.08 million (2020) (US$ 395,000)
  • RD$ 27.86 million (2024) (US$ 466,000)
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José Ignacio Ramón Paliza Nouel (born Santo Domingo, 1 September 1981) is a politician and lawyer from the Dominican Republic. He is the President and Chairman of the Modern Revolutionary Party since 14 June 2018, and Administrative Minister of the Presidency since 16 August 2020. He was senator representing the province of Puerto Plata for the 2016–2020 period.