Honorific Prefix: | The Most Illustrious |
Juan Garrigó | |
Office: | Administrative Vice Minister of the Presidency of the Dominican Republic |
President: | Luis Abinader |
Minister: | José Ignacio Paliza |
Term Start: | 16 August 2020 |
Birth Name: | Juan Garrigó Mejía |
Birth Date: | 27 December 1994 |
Birth Place: | Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic |
Blank1: | Ethnicity |
Data1: | White Dominican |
Party: | Modern Revolutionary Party |
Father: | Juan Antonio Garrigó Lefeld |
Mother: | Rosa Carolina Mejía Gómez |
Relatives: | |
Alma Mater: | Georgetown University American University |
Juan de Jesús Garrigó Mejía (born 27 December 1994) is a Dominican Republic politician and economist.
Garrigó Mejía was born on 27 December 1994 into a prominent upper class white family from Santiago, Dominican Republic with political connections. His parents are Carolina Mejía, mayor of Santo Domingo, and Juan Antonio Garrigó Lefeld, insurance and brokerage businessman. The eldest of his siblings, he has 1 brother and 1 sister. His maternal grandfather Hipólito Mejía was President of the Dominican Republic from 2000 to 2004.
Garrigó Mejía studied political sciences and economics at the American University in Washington, D.C. He has a postgraduate degree from Barna Management School and Georgetown University.[2]
On 16 August 2020 President Luis Abinader designated Garrigó Mejía as Administrative Vice Minister of the Presidency.