Leonel Fernandez, a lawyer and political author, was elected president of the Dominican Republic.
LEONEL FERNANDEZ, a lawyer and political author, was elected
president of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic (dəmĭn`ĭkən), republic (2005 est. pop. 8,950,000), 18,700 sq mi (48,442 sq km), West Indies, on the eastern two thirds of the island of Hispaniola. The capital and largest city is Santo Domingo. . Fernandez, president from 1996-2000
and candidate of the Dominican Liberation Party The Dominican Liberation Party (Spanish: Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, or PLD) is one of the main political parties of the Dominican Republic, and has a liberal (center-right) position. , easily trounced
incumbent Hipolito Mejia Coordinates: city
Mejia is a town and a community development block in the sadar subdivision of Bankura District in West Bengal, India. It is on NH 60 connecting Raniganj with Midnapore via Bankura and Bishnupur. .
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