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Medina changes top military commanders

Munoz Delgado is the new Minister of Defense

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Medina changes top military commanders
SD. President Danilo Medina began yesterday the expected changes in his administration, with the appointment of new military commanders, and the substitution of the directors of the National Investigation Department (DNI) and the Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET).

By Decree 300 - 14, the Chief Executive temporarily promoted Major General of the Army of the Dominican Republic (ERD), Maximiliano William Munoz Delgado to the rank of lieutenant general as he became the new Minister of Defense, in substitution of Admiral Sigfrido Pared Perez, who was retired, and appointed director of the National Investigation Department (DNI), in replacement of his successor as minister.

In the meantime, with Decree 301 - 14, Medina promoted to the rank of major general the Brigadier General José Eugenio Matos de la Cruz, and appointed him commanding general of the ERD. In the meantime in article 4 he sends Rear Admiral Edmundo N. Felix Pimentel, to the command of the Dominican Armada (previously the Marina de Guerra).

Within the presidential order, Brigadier General Elvis M. Feliz Perez was appointed the new commanding general of the Air Force of the Dominican Republic (FARD) and promoted to the rank of Major General.

Then, in Decree 302 - 14, Medina appointed as director of the AMET, General Pablo Arturo Pujols, in substitution of General Juan Geronimo Brown Perez, who was not assigned any new position.

In the same decree, the general of the FARD Juan Carlos Torres Robiou was appointed director general of the Specialized Corps of Tourist Security, and the Colonel of the same institution, Aracenis Castilo de la Cruz, director general of the Specialized Corps of Airport and Civil Aviation Security, and the general of the ERD, Eduardo V. Manin Liberato as chief of the Elect oral Military Police.

Deputy Ministers of Defense

In Decree 300 - 14 the President also appointed as Deputy Ministers of Defense, Major General Rubén Darío Paulino Sem, for Military Affairs; Vice Admiral Edwin R. Dominici Rosario, for Naval and Coastal Affairs; and Major General Ramon A. Hernandez Hernandez for Air and Spatial Affairs.

Other changes

The ERD general, Carlos Manuel Aguirre Reyes, is the new director general of the Specialized Corps of Frontier Security (CESFRONT), and Colonel Boanerges Reyes Batista, is the director of the Specialized Corps of Metro Security; Major General Pedro Caceres Chestaro is now the Inspector General of the Armed Forces; General Rafael A. Carrasco Paulino, is the deputy commanding general of the ERD; Rear Admiral Emilio Recio Segura is the new deputy commander of the Armada; and General Juan Manuel Puig Fernandez is the new deputy commander of the FARD.