Carlos Morales Troncoso, Dominican lawyer and politician, 34th Vice President of the Dominican Republic (born 1940)
Carlos Morales Troncoso
Carlos Morales Troncoso was a Dominican chemical engineer, businessman, and politician. He served as Vice President of the Dominican Republic from 1986 to 1994, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1996 and again from 2004 to 2014, and Ambassador to the United States from 1989 to 1990. He was also a prominent leader in the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC), serving as its president from 2009 to 2014. Prior to his political career, Morales Troncoso was a successful executive in the sugar industry, rising to lead major corporations and contributing to economic development in the eastern region of the Dominican Republic.
Vice President of the Dominican Republic
The vice president of the Dominican Republic is the second-highest political position in the Dominican Republic. The vice president is the first person in the presidential line of succession, ascending to the presidency upon the death, resignation, or removal of the president. There have been thirty-nine vice presidents of the Dominican Republic. Under the Constitution of the Dominican Republic, the vice president shall be elected along with the president.