Margarita Cedeño

Margarita Cedeño
Cedeño in 2011
39th Vice President of the Dominican Republic
In office
16 August 2012  16 August 2020
PresidentDanilo Medina
Preceded byRafael Alburquerque
Succeeded byRaquel Peña de Antuña
53rd First Lady of the Dominican Republic
In role
16 August 2004  16 August 2012
PresidentLeonel Fernández
Preceded byRosa Gómez de Mejía
Succeeded byCándida Montilla de Medina
Personal details
Born
Margarita María Cedeño Lizardo

(1965-05-01) 1 May 1965
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
CitizenshipDominican
Political partyDominican Liberation Party
SpouseLeonel Fernández (m. 2003–div. 2022)
Children
  • Ramón Emil Fiorentino
  • Gabriela Angelissa Fiorentino
  • Yolanda América María Fernández
Parents
  • Luis Emilio Cedeño Matos (1925–2018) (father)
  • Angela Margarita Lizardo Olivares (mother)
Alma materAutonomous University of Santo Domingo (LLB)
Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (M.A.)
University of Salamanca (M.A.)
OccupationPhilanthropist, politician
ProfessionLawyer
Websitehttps://margarita.do

Margarita María Cedeño Lizardo, formerly known as Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, is a Dominican politician who served as Vice President of the Dominican Republic from 2012 to 2020. She was married to former president, Leonel Fernández and served as the First Lady of the Dominican Republic from 2004 to 2012.