LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION commending Your Excellence Doctor Leonel Fernan-
dez Reyna, Honorable Constitutional President of the Dominican Republic
and President of the Dominican upon the occasion of winning the 2010
Dominican Republic Parliamentary Election

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to pay tribute and
commend those internationally recognized individuals from the State of
New York who are significant contributors to the well-being of society;
and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to commend
Your Excellence Doctor Leonel Fernandez Reyna, Honorable Constitutional
President of the Dominican Republic and President of the Dominican upon
the occasion of winning the 2010 Dominican Republic Parliamentary
Election; and
WHEREAS, Leonel Antonio Fernandez Reyna is a Dominican politician,
intellectual, lawyer, academic, and the current President of the Domini-
can Republic; he is serving his second consecutive term in office, after
his reelection in the 2008 Presidential Election; his four-year term
ends in 2012, and he served for four years as President of the Dominican
Republic, between 1996 and 2000; and
WHEREAS, Leonel Fernandez is the leader of the Dominican Liberation
Party; May 16, 2010, was the date of the Parliamentary Election to elect
members to the 32 seats in the Senate and 183 seats in the Chamber of
Deputies; as a result, his party acquired a considerable amount of addi-
tional Deputies and Senators; and
WHEREAS, Leonel Fernandez was born in Santo Domingo, the capital of
the Dominican Republic, as the son of Mr. Jose Antonio Fernandez Collado
and Mrs. Yolanda Reyna Romero; his family moved to the United States and
he spent his childhood and formative years in Washington Heights, New
York City; and
WHEREAS, Upon finishing high school, Leonel Fernandez returned to his
country and started Law Studies in the Universidad Autonoma de Santo
Domingo; there he joined the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) at its
inception in 1973, when Juan Bosch left the Dominican Revolutionary
Party (PRD) to create this new particular party; Fernandez was a close
pupil of Bosch, and was presented as a vice-presidential candidate with
the latter during the 1994 presidential election; and
WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that when individ-
uals of such noble aims and accomplishments are brought to our atten-
tion, they should be celebrated and recognized by all the citizens of
the great State of New York; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commend Your Excellence Doctor Leonel Fernandez Reyna, Honorable Consti-
tutional President of the Dominican Republic and President of the Domin-
ican upon the occasion of winning the 2010 Dominican Republic Parliamen-
tary Election; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, he tran-
smitted to Your Excellency Doctor Leonel Fernandez Reyna, Honorable
Constitutional President of the Dominican Republic and President of the
Dominican.