José Antonio Domínguez

José Antonio Domínguez
Born1960 (age 64–65)
Panama City, Panama
EducationColegio Javier
Alma materSanta Maria La Antigua University
OccupationsMinister of Public Works (1993–1994)

Ambassador and Consul to Taiwan (1999–2004)

Deputy of the National Assembly (2014–2019)
Political partyPanameñista Party

José Antonio Domínguez Álvarez (born 1960) is a Panamanian politician who served as minister of public works and as a deputy in the National Assembly.[1][2] He is the son of the late businessman and politician Antonio "Tony" Domínguez.[3]

Politics

José Antonio Domínguez started his career as a civil engineer who later went on to work as an advisor to the minister of public works. He later became minister of public works from 1993 until 1994. In 1999, Mireya Moscoso appointed him to the post of ambassador and consul to Taiwan.[4] In 2013, Domínguez ran for president of the Panameñista Party but lost against the former vice president and president of the Republic of Panama, Juan Carlos Varela. In 2014, Dominguez ran for deputy for district 8-6. He was elected to the position and served in the post until 2019 when he lost reelection.[5] During his tenure as deputy, he had strong opposition to what his party was doing due to mismanagement and corruption in the government.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Guía de políticos Panamá". espaciocivico.org. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  2. ^ "Asamblea Nacional de Panamá – Diputados". 2017-06-06. Archived from the original on 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  3. ^ ZETA. "Falleció Tony Domínguez".
  4. ^ "José Antonio Domínguez, vocero del Partido Panameñista".
  5. ^ Dominguez, Jose (2014). "Hoja de Vida de HD Jose Antonio Dominguez" (PDF). Registro de la Asamblea Nacional de Panama.
  6. ^ "José Antonio Domínguez, 'es una gran locura'". LatinOL.com. March 21, 2017.