Events in the year 2022 in the Dominican Republic.
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Incumbents edit
Events edit
Ongoing: COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic
- February 17 – The Dominican Republic ends all COVID-19-related public health measures, including mask wearing mandates and use of vaccine passes in order to enter public places, despite not reaching 70% of its vaccination target.
- May 3 – Carlos Guillén Tatis, the agriculture counselor at the Dominican Republic's embassy in Haiti, is kidnapped in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti.[1]
- June 6 – Orlando Jorge Mera, the Environmental Minister for the Dominican Republic and son of former President Salvador Jorge Blanco, is shot dead in his office. The perpetrator was identified by a presidential spokesman as Miguel Cruz, a childhood friend of the minister. He was later taken into custody.[2]
- July 7 - The Dominican Republic reports its first case of monkeypox.[3]
Deaths edit
- January 22 – Agripino Núñez Collado, 88, Roman Catholic clergyman.[4]
- March 7 – Ramón Báez Romano, 93, golfer and politician.[5]
- March 10 – Odalis Pérez, 44, baseball player.[6]
- March 21 – Rosa Gómez de Mejía, 82, former first lady.[7]
- June 6 – Orlando Jorge Mera, 55, lawyer and politician.[8]
- June 16 – Ivonne Haza, 83, operatic soprano.[9]
- July 3 – Idelisa Bonnelly, 90, marine biologist.[10]
- July 23 – Julio Valdez, 66, baseball player.[11]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Dominican diplomat apparently kidnapped in Haiti". AP NEWS. 2022-05-03. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
- ^ "Dominican Republic minister shot dead in office". BBC News. 2022-06-06. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
- ^ McLeod, Sheri-Kae (2022-07-06). "Jamaica Records First Case of Monkeypox". CNW Network. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
- ^ Diario, Listin (2022-01-22). "Muere monseñor Agripino Núñez Collado". listindiario.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
- ^ Diario, Listin (2022-03-07). "Fallece don Ramón Báez Romano, expresidente Editora de Listín Diario". listindiario.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
- ^ "Muere Odalis Pérez, exlanzador Grandes Ligas en un accidente doméstico". El Día. 2022-03-11. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
- ^ "Fallece la exprimera dama Rosa Gómez de Mejía". El Día. 2022-03-22. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
- ^ "Matan de un disparo al ministro de Medio Ambiente, Orlando Jorge Mera". Acento (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
- ^ Diario, Listin (2022-06-16). "Fallece Ivonne Haza, gloria del arte nacional". listindiario.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
- ^ Diario, Listin (2022-07-03). "Muere Idelisa Bonnelly de Calventi, madre de la conservación marina". listindiario.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
- ^ Libre, Diario (24 July 2022). "Muere el expelotero Julio Valdez". Diario Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-11.